Blues board make ‘last minute’ move to hijack €65m-rated player from top club
Is Chelsea back in snatching players from other clubs again? well, we can never tell anything can happen in the transfer market.
However, last reports claims that PSG has already won the race to Achraf Hakimi from inter, but seems things to turn around for the Blues as the board make a last minute move on the player.
Inter Milan need a big sale this summer and the fullback was quickly chosen as the man who would be leaving, largely because he was receiving serious transfer interest.
Chelsea and PSG then set out to battle for the player, and the French side are said to be the preference of both the player and his wife.
Thursday’s edition of Gazzetta dello Sport reports Hakimi’s wife is an actress and often works filming in Paris, so a move there would be good for the family.
That hasn’t stopped Chelsea from making a last attempt to snatch the signing from PSG’s grip, an attempt which the Italian newspaper describe as ‘desperate’… not to mock it, but more to describe the late nature of the new approach.
Chelsea would be willing to pay €55m plus Marcos Alonso, which they say totals €65m. According to the Gazzetta, there would be the possibility of the Blues paying a straight €65m for Hakimi, and then Inter sending €10m back for the Spaniard.
Still, PSG are thought to be very much in the lead, and a deal could be concluded soon.