Chelsea transfer news: Blues outcast offered escape route by former manager?

By Darren Plant | 10 Aug 2026 09:56

Chelsea defender Tosin Adarabioyo has allegedly emerged arsenic a transportation people for Benfica.

The centre-back has conscionable featured successful 4 of Chelsea's 5 matches crossed a pre-season circuit of Australia and Asia.

That included playing 90 minutes during a 3-3 gully with Johor Darul Ta-z'im connected Sunday, with 208 minutes being accumulated successful total.

However, the 28-year-old is perceived to beryllium nary higher than 5th successful the pecking bid nether caller manager Xabi Alonso.

Although Trevoh Chalobah has already near for Como, Adarabioyo is disposable for transportation for the close price.

Silva wants Adarabioyo reunion astatine Benfica

According to Correio da Manha, Adarabioyo is regarded arsenic a imaginable signing by Benfica due to the fact that of Marco Silva.

The brace worked unneurotic during their clip astatine Fulham earlier Adarabioyo near for Chelsea connected a escaped transportation successful 2024.

Although Adarabioyo volition beryllium satisfied with 70 outings successful a Chelsea garment crossed 2 years, helium had antecedently been a cardinal subordinate nether Silva astatine Craven Cottage.

Silva allegedly views Adarabioyo arsenic a imaginable replacement for Antonio Silva, who has already signed for Bournemouth.

Potential Adarabioyo stumbling block...

With Chelsea having signed Adarabioyo erstwhile helium was a escaped agent, they person the accidental to marque axenic nett connected immoderate sale.

That is simply a peculiarly charismatic enactment considering that BlueCo are moving hard to guarantee that Chelsea comply with the Premier League's and UEFA's fiscal regulations.

Nevertheless, Benfica are seemingly lone consenting to enactment guardant a indebtedness connection with enactment to bargain astatine the extremity of the season.

While Chelsea could inactive marque a nett done a indebtedness interest successful the abbreviated term, with the anticipation of selling Adarabioyo earlier the extremity of June, they would people similar a merchantability arsenic soon arsenic possible.