Chelsea transfer news: Man United, Spurs among clubs 'keeping tabs' on Sporting Lisbon star

Chelsea are reportedly among the clubs who are considering a determination for Sporting Lisbon left-back Maxi Araujo.

The Blues person a beardown moving narration with the Portuguese giants having secured deals for Dario Essugo and Geovany Quenda since the commencement of 2025.

However, portion those 2 players were signed arsenic starlets, Chelsea chiefs are nether unit to get much established stars going forward.

That is simply a effect of the nine realistically requiring astatine slightest 2 wins from their last 3 fixtures to decorativeness successful the apical fractional of the Premier League table and enactment successful contention for European qualification.

According to AS, determination is the anticipation of BlueCo giving the greenish airy for a determination for Araujo during the summertime transportation window.

Chelsea 1 of 4 clubs funny successful Araujo

The study suggests that Chelsea, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur and Juventus person each had scouts contiguous astatine Sporting fixtures.

Araujo, who tin play down the near flank, has impressed for the Primeira Liga broadside this season, contributing 7 goals and 4 assists from 38 apical formation and Champions League appearances.

Many of those outings person travel from left-back, but the Uruguay planetary has besides been utilized astatine wing-back and arsenic a winger.

Sporting would allegedly request successful the portion of €50m (£43.26m) if clubs steadfast up their involvement successful the player.

Furthermore, they stay successful a beardown presumption to request their desired fee, a effect of Araujo inactive having implicit 3 years near connected his contract.

Why Araujo is not what Chelsea need

While Marc Cucurella has been viewed arsenic untouchable arsenic Chelsea left-back for immoderate time, determination are signs that whitethorn not beryllium the lawsuit successful the agelong term.

Not lone person the Spain international's performances dropped disconnected this season, helium has publically acknowledged that helium is open to a instrumentality to Barcelona should they explicit immoderate interest.

Araujo's attacking numbers suggest that helium would beryllium a suitable alternative, yet Chelsea are successful hopeless request of tallness and physically successful their team.

Players specified arsenic Reece James, Moises Caicedo and Enzo Fernandez - each comparatively tiny players - are untouchable successful their respective positions erstwhile fit, truthful a presumption specified arsenic left-back needs to beryllium viewed arsenic a mode of getting different subordinate successful excess of 6ft 2ins into the team.

Not lone bash Chelsea conflict astatine defending set-pieces, they person not kept a Premier League cleanable expanse since the mediate of January.