Chelsea transfer news: "Nothing happened" claim made as Roma chief opens up on Manu Kone rumours

Roma sporting manager Tony D'Amico has dismissed the proposition that Gian Piero Gasperini stopped Manu Kone from joining Chelsea connected deadline day.

The Premier League giants prioritised the signing of a caller cardinal midfielder successful the closing stages of the summertime window, but they yet failed successful their effort to bolster a cardinal country of Xabi Alonso's squad.

They were linked with a imaginable determination for Kone earlier they turned their absorption to Monaco's Lamine Camara.

Monaco backed retired of the agreed woody for Camara astatine the last hour, leaving Chelsea without a replacement for Manchester City's caller addition, Enzo Fernandez.  

D'Amico reveals Kone was ne'er adjacent to Chelsea move

Rumours suggested that Roma brag Gian Piero Gasperini played a cardinal relation successful Chelsea's failed pursuit of Kone. 

However, D'Amico has dismissed the conception that Gasperini blocked Kone's exit, insisting that Chelsea ne'er submitted a bid for the France international.

“Manu Kone was ne'er adjacent to joining Chelsea," D'Amico said arsenic per Fabrizio Romano.

"There was not adjacent an authoritative bid. Gasperini didn’t person to enactment immoderate veto due to the fact that thing happened.

"The clubs marque calls, arsenic we bash arsenic good - thing else. Chelsea didn’t nonstop immoderate bid."

Chelsea could inactive prosecute Kone deal

While helium has stayed enactment for the clip being, Kone could beryllium the taxable of involvement erstwhile the transportation model reopens successful January.

According to Sport.FR via Roma Press, Chelsea volition proceed to show the French midfielder up of a imaginable determination successful the caller year. 

That said, Roma are successful a comparatively beardown presumption to fend disconnected interest, with Kone nether declaration until the summertime of 2029.