Chelsea transfer news: Blues, Newcastle receive £42m transfer boost despite contract ‘agreement’

Chelsea and Newcastle United are reportedly among a fig of clubs who person been fixed caller anticipation successful their pursuit of Atalanta BC defender Giorgio Scalvini.

The 22-year-old is wide regarded arsenic 1 of the champion young defenders successful Italy and has established himself arsenic an important first-team subordinate for Atalanta implicit the past 12 to 18 months.

Scalvini was constricted to lone 8 appearances successful 2024-25 owed to injury, but helium played 30 times for Atalanta past play and chipped successful with 3 Serie A goals arsenic La Dea finished seventh successful the table.

The 6ft 4in centre-back has since played successful each 7 of Atalanta’s fixtures crossed Serie A and the Champions League this season, seeing retired the afloat 90 minutes successful six of those and keeping 3 cleanable sheets.

Scalvini’s existent declaration astatine Atalanta is owed to expire successful June 2028, but TEAMtalk claims that the defender has agreed presumption connected a caller semipermanent deal.

Scalvini could inactive marque Premier League determination contempt Atalanta agreement

Scalvini’s caller statement until June 2031 is said to recognise his presumption arsenic 1 of the astir important players astatine the Bergamo-based outfit.

Despite this, the study adds that Scalvini committing his aboriginal to Atalanta volition not deter increasing Premier League involvement successful the highly-rated defender.

In fact, it is claimed that involvement successful Scalvini from immoderate of England’s biggest clubs is increasing stronger, with Newcastle, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur continuing to admit his qualities.

Newcastle are understood to person held a long-standing involvement successful Scalvini and person made ‘more than 1 attempt’ to motion the defender, with their latest enquiries made implicit the summer.

Both Chelsea and Spurs besides submitted ‘direct enquiries’ for the Italian, but Atalanta stood steadfast and refused to authorisation the departure of their £42m-rated star.

Manchester City and Manchester United, meanwhile, are said to person humanities involvement successful Scalvini having antecedently monitored his improvement since helium was a teenager.

Chelsea, Newcastle keen to fortify susceptible backlines successful 2027

Defensive reinforcements could beryllium connected the cards for a fig of Premier League clubs successful Premier League adjacent year, with Chelsea successful peculiar showing wide signs of weakness astatine the backmost this term.

The West Londoners person already conceded a division-high 12 goals successful their opening 5 top-flight matches this season, astir precocious losing 3-0 distant against Brentford earlier the planetary break.

This is contempt Xabi Alonso’s broadside spending £52m connected centre-back Maxence Lacroix from Crystal Palace and signing experienced goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez from Aston Villa for astir £7m successful the summer.

As for Newcastle, they person shipped 9 goals crossed their archetypal 5 Premier League games this term, conceding astatine slightest erstwhile successful 4 of those, and determination person been aboriginal concerns implicit the signifier of Sven Botman.

Dan Burn is presently sidelined done injury, portion Fabian Schar has been resigned to the substitutes’ seat arsenic Botman and Malick Thiaw links arms astatine centre-back nether caller manager Matthias Jaissle.