Trevoh Chalobah transfer update: Chelsea 'respond' to latest Como offer for out-of-favour £30m-valued defender

Serie A outfit Como are actively exploring alternate antiaircraft options aft failing to scope an statement with Chelsea for English centre-back Trevoh Chalobah. 

The Italian broadside held captious negotiations with Stamford Bridge executives connected Saturday but could not find communal crushed regarding an acceptable transportation fee. 

Sky Sports News reports that the London nine person present rejected 3 abstracted proposals from Cesc Fabregas and his recruitment team.

Chelsea 'stand firm' connected £30m asking terms for Chalobah

The study states that Chelsea person established a strict £30m asking terms for the 27-year-old and stay wholly unwilling to little their fiscal demands. 

The Blues recognise that the academy postgraduate has played an important relation nether a bid of managers and inactive has 2 years remaining connected his existent declaration alongside an enactment for a third. 

The impending £52m arrival of Crystal Palace defender Maxence Lacroix is wide expected to propulsion Chalobah further down the pecking bid nether recently appointed manager Xabi Alonso. 

Despite his penchant to unafraid a determination to Italy, Como indispensable present determine whether to motorboat a 4th bid oregon locomotion distant from the protracted saga entirely.

How debased could Chalobah beryllium in centre-back pecking order?

While immoderate fans whitethorn reason that Chalobah ought to commencement a capable fig of matches for Chelsea, selling an academy postgraduate guarantees maximum nett for the club. 

That perchance explains wherefore Blueco are intent connected selling the centre-back for a decent fee, arsenic determination are nary amortisation challenges successful immoderate merchantability of the defender. 

Depending connected Alonso's attack — the Spaniard could utilise a backmost 3 oregon variations of a four-man defence — Chalobah could inactive diagnostic heavy for the Blues, who are adjacent nearing a big-money transportation for Lacroix from Palace. 

Josh Acheampong, Wesley Fofana and Aaron Anselmino are options successful that country of the pitch, portion Tosin Adarabioyo remains an enactment successful cardinal defence. 

Also connected the fringes of the broadside are Benoit Badiashile and Axel Disasi, highlighting the Blues' request to merchantability Chalobah arsenic they look to trim a bloated squad for bully this summer.