Date: 14th August 2012 at 2:00pm
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According to today’s reports, Chelsea are in fresh talks with Marseille over Ceser Azpilicueta and will attempt to push through a deal for the Spanish right-back…how many times have we heard this recently?

But the Daily Mirror reckon that the Stamford Bridge club are keen to complete a deal before our Premier League season starts on Sunday against Wigan, so they better get their skates on.

Marseille have already knocked back the Blues’ opening offer of £5m but our representatives had talks with the French club yesterday and their club president has publicly said that Azpilicueta will be allowed to leave for a fair offer. They had a poor campaign last season and finished outside of the European places, so will have to sell some of their assets to reduce their wage bill. Azpilicueta is just one of the players set for a move, along with Stephane Mbia and one of Loic Remy or Andre Ayew.

Branislav Ivanovic won’t serve a ban for the red card he picked up against Manchester City in the Community Shield, so Roberto Di Matteo will have a right-back available for selection against Wigan and Marseille aren’t as in a strong position as they would have been if he was suspended, but the figure will still likely rise above the £6 million mark.

We do desperately need a right-back and after the Maicon deal fell through and the club baulked at Dortmund’s valuation of Lukasz Piszczek, Chelsea will hope to get this deal done as soon as possible. The Mirror also highlighted Juventus’ Switzerland right-back Stephan Lichtsteiner as a fall-back option should the chase for Azpilicueta fail.

Source: http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/chelsea-transfers-cesar-azpilicueta-could-1259400

 

31 responses to “Right-back to sign before the weekend?”

  1. ifedayo says:

    Let this guy team up with chelsea.

  2. Segun adeniyi .fate.ilorin .kwara/nigeria says:

    Believe me.we nid dis guy.we al saw wot hapen against man city….

  3. daniel bello says:

    Yes, chelsea needs the right back very well and I think they should sign him with a passionate and sharp aggressive striker to make the team perfect

  4. Clark says:

    Is not jst a wright back but 2 stong defensive midfielder who are good in marking the ball, wth gud passing accuracy.

  5. Naga says:

    Plz gt rb be4 kick of…we r much needed in rb.

  6. kanu enyinnaya says:

    we need right full back ogently

  7. Adeleke. says:

    Please, We Are Tired Of All These Speculations And Rumours.
    Last Week We Read That, Chelsea FC Have Agreed GBP 9 Million For Moses, Later His Agent Denied This.
    The Issue Of Cesar Azpi, The Same Thing. Let Them Come For Medical, So That, They Can Gel On Time And Fire Us To Glory With Their Team Mates.
    BLUESSss Is That Colourful Language For The WISE.
    Up Chelsea FC Till Life Ends.

  8. figo n9er says:

    Up blues we need right back dt is attacking minded and can cross ball for strikers to score

  9. Francis says:

    Please let us get hulk he said he wanted epl move or edisen cavani with dis guy and let put ouq finger cross 4 d season

  10. Francis says:

    Please let us get hulk he said he wanted epl move or edisen cavani with dis guy and let put our finger cross 4 d season