{"id":143333,"date":"2024-01-25T13:31:31","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T13:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/25\/chelsea-make-sporting-cps-ousmane-diomande-top-centre-back-target\/"},"modified":"2024-01-25T13:31:31","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T13:31:31","slug":"chelsea-make-sporting-cps-ousmane-diomande-top-centre-back-target","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/25\/chelsea-make-sporting-cps-ousmane-diomande-top-centre-back-target\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea make Sporting CP\u2019s Ousmane Diomande top centre-back target \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Chelsea have identified Sporting CP centre-back Ousmane Diomande as their top defensive target for the summer\u00a0transfer\u00a0window,\u00a0<\/strong><em><strong>90min<\/strong><\/em><strong>\u00a0understands.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Blues hope to sell Trevoh ChalobahTrevoh Chalobah prepared to leave Chelsea in January transfer window either this month or in the summer and are also preparing for a future without 39-year-old Thiago Silva, who is in the final six months of his contract. While an extension for the Brazilian veteran has not been ruled out, Chelsea clearly have to think beyond Silva in the long term.<\/p>\n<p>Scouts have searched for a young defender to fit the current direction of the squad. Nice\u2019s Jean-Clair Todibo has also been looked at and Crystal Palace\u2019s Marc Guehi has been\u00a0considered, which would see him retutn to Cobham. Everton\u2019s Jarrad Branthwaite has been spoken about internally as well, but sources have confirmed to\u00a0<em>90min<\/em>\u00a0that it is Diomande who has emerged as a leading candidate as it stands.<\/p>\n<p>20-year-old Diomande has enjoyed a rapid rise to prominence. He joined Sporting in January 2023 after impressing on loan in the second tier of Portuguese football and quickly established himself as a permanent fixture in the starting lineup.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea\u00a0have made contact with Sporting already this month and been told nothing is possible unless Diomande\u2019s release clause of \u20ac80m (\u00a369m) is triggered, but that stance could soften in the summer. However, Diomande\u2019s former club FC Midtjylland are due 20% of any profit on a sale which will be factored into any valuation outside of the release-clause number.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea are not expected to trigger the clause in January and could instead focus their efforts on a summer transfer for the Ivory Coast international, who is understood to be open to a move to Stamford Bridge. Although Chelsea want another centre-back, Ben Chilwell\u2019s\u00a0return allows them to utilise him at left-back and move Levi Colwill to his preferred position at centre-back. And with Silva at the club until at least the summer there is no urgency to move in the market for another defender until the profile materialises.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from Silva, Chelsea have built a core of young defenders Colwill and emerging academy talent Alfie Gilchrist are both 20, Benoit Badiashile is 22, Wesley Fofana turned 23 in December and even summer signing Axel Disasi is still only 25.<\/p>\n<p>Colwill remains on Liverpool\u2019s long-term radar but\u00a0Chelsea have no desire to even entertain interest\u00a0in the youngster, who is under contract until 2029 and can also see his deal extended by a further 12 months until 2030. Any offers for Colwill right now would be roundly dismissed and Chelsea would not even offer up a number, however high. They view Colwill as an elite defender and he is already part of their player-led leadership group.<\/p>\n<p>Diomande would fit into the current crop of centre-backs and would help ease the burden on Fofana, who is working his way back from the second serious injury of his young career.<\/p>\n<p>Source; https:\/\/www.90min.com\/<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea have identified Sporting CP centre-back Ousmane Diomande as their top defensive target for the summer\u00a0transfer\u00a0window,\u00a090min\u00a0understands. 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