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Chelsea have submitted an official bid for German star Kai Havertz, per reports. The Bayer Leverkusen man has been linked to the club for many weeks now. The club looks to wrap up a deal for the midfielder before the start of the new season.

Havertz, 21, scored an outstanding 18 goals and registered nine assists in the 2019-2020 season. Havertz has been on the Blues’ radar for some time now. The Blues have Hakim Ziyech and Timo Werner already, but they strongly feel Havertz will make the team more wholesome.  Manager Frank Lampard is still keen to Havertz as he looks to build a squad capable of challenging for top honours next season.
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Chelsea would face Aston Villa on June 21 in their first game as the Premier League resumes the 2019/20 season. The league has confirmed the schedule of the first three matches as the fans get excited. The Blues will go away to Villa in the 4.15pm game to be broadcast by Sky Sports. Chelsea will host Premier League defending champions Man City four days after the Villa clash at 8.15pm live on BT Sport. They will go away to West Ham on July 1 at 8.15pm as well to be broadcast on Sky.

The Blues are expected to take at least seven points from these games as the race for Champions League qualification toughens up. Victories against Villa and West Ham would not come easy,but Frank Lampard and his boys can’t afford to slip up else Manchester United and Wolverhampton Wanderers close the gap. Against City at Stamford Bridge, it would be an all-out war, but a draw remains fanciful as a City decimation is unlikely.
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Willian has declared intention to continue in the premier league. The Brazil international will depart Chelsea at the end of the season and he is looking forward to continuing his career in England.

The Brazilian winger’s contract is set to run out at the end of the season. Willian has attracted interest from hosts of top clubs around Europe. Inter Milan, Juventus, Bayern Munich and Barcelona are among the club’s to have declared their interest in the player. In the Premier league, Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur have made their intention known about the player. Arsenal are also monitoring the player’s situation.
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Chelsea favourite Joe Cole has said that the Blues hierarchy took the wrong option of not spending during the January transfer window. The west London giants could not make any new signings last summer due to a two-window transfer ban but they managed to win their appeal over the same at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in December.

As such, they were free to make new purchase at the turn of the year but surprisingly, the board took the decision to stick with the same squad of players for the backend of the season. That has certainly cost the side, who have barely won over the past few months where a number of key players have suffered injury setbacks.

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French defender Djibril Sidibe is open to the prospect of signing a permanent contract with Everton at the end of the campaign. The right-back joined the Toffees on a season-long loan from AS Monaco over the summer and over the past month, he has been able to cement a regular role ahead of Seamus Coleman.

Speaking to reporters, the World Cup winner stated that there was interest from a Spanish club during the summer but he instead decided to join the Toffees after a personal chat with manager Marco Silva. He added that he is enjoying his time with the Merseyside outfit and a decision over a permanent deal will be made at the end of the season.

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