Chelsea Transfer News Today: Gallagher REJECTION, Osimhen HOPE, Guiu to STAY?

Cameron Smith

• 1 Aug 2024 12:30 BST
• 4 min read

FootballTransfers runs through the latest Chelsea football transfer news updates, including the latest on Conor Gallagher, Victor Osimhen and Marc Guiu.

Conor Gallagher rejects contract offer

Chelsea midfielder Conor Gallagher has rejected a new contract at the club, as per multiple reports.

Atletico Madrid are in advanced discussions to sign the England international for around €40 million, although personal terms are yet to be agreed.

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Chelsea have now offered Gallagher three separate contract offers this year, but he has rejected them all as he ponders his future at Stamford Bridge.

The former Crystal Palace loanee is yet to accept a move to Atleti, but he is Diego Simeone’s first-choice target and a move could happen before the start of the new season.

Enzo Maresca was asked about Gallagher’s future in west London following Chelsea’s 3-0 friendly win over Club America, and he said: “To be honest, I do not know nothing.

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“We will see him when we go back there [to Cobham]. I know when I met the club for the first time that there was interest in him. Today, I was focused on the game.”

According to The Athletic, new signing Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall is set to balance out Gallagher’s potential departure.

Victor Osimhen latest

Chelsea remain interested in Napoli forward Victor Osimhen and a loan deal has been touted as a potential option.

The Italian giants are keen on landing Blues forward Romelu Lukaku, meaning a swap deal could be an option before the summer transfer window ends.

According to Italian journalist Giovanni Scotto, Osimhen’s chances of staying at Napoli this summer are virtually non-existent, and the Nigerian currently favours a move to Paris Saint-Germain or Chelsea.

Meanwhile, PSG are still interested, although they want to sign him for around €90m, as per CalcioNapoli1926.

Agent Wesley Fofana

Chelsea defender Wesley Fofana has confirmed that he played a role in Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall’s summer move to Stamford Bridge.

The pair spent one season together at Leicester and have been reunited following Dewsbury-Hall’s €35.4m transfer to Chelsea.

Before news of the move was announced, Fofana posted the number 22 alongside a Foxes emoji on his Instagram Story - all but confirming the deal.

When asked about this by Football.London, Fofana replied: “Yeah. I am an agent, a secret agent!

“I talked with him before and I am happy because I played with him in Leicester, he's my friend. We don't just play together. I talked with him and told him: 'If you refuse Chelsea, you're crazy man'. He signed and I'm happy.”

Marc Guiu to stay?

Marc Guiu joined Chelsea for just €6m from Barcelona earlier this summer and he has been expected to leave the club on loan, with Sevilla among the interested parties.

However, the Spaniard has been the club’s starting striker in pre-season, due to Nicolas Jackson’s injury, and he has impressed.

He bagged his first goal for the club with a neat header during a 3-0 win over Club America in the early hours of Thursday morning and already looks at home within the Blues first-team.