£144k-per-week Chelsea player gives "green light" to join surprise new club

Representatives are apparently keen for one player to join a surprise new club from Chelsea this summer, and it is believed the man himself has also given his approval to the potential summer transfer.

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Todd Boehly, BlueCo and the recruitment team have a plethora of key decisions to make in regard to potentially departing players very soon, with just nine games remaining of the Premier League season.

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Raheem Sterling, Lesley Ugochukwu, Armando Broja, Ben Chilwell, Djordje Petrovic, Kepa Arrizabalaga and David Datro Fofana all appear to face uncertain long-term futures at Stamford Bridge, after manager Enzo Maresca ultimately gave the green-light for all of them to leave on loan either last summer or in January.

When they all return to west London, Maresca and co will be faced with an influx of players who were not wanted this season, and it is Chelsea’s mountainous task to find new homes for the vast majority of these men.

Chelsea are also very open to selling Christopher Nkunku, who reportedly agreed terms to join Bayern Munich in January, while uncertainty surrounds winger Mykhailo Mudryk. The Ukranian failed a drugs test recently, which resulted in an on-field ban, and financial expert Stefan Borson claims that their policy of securing players to long-term contracts may actually backfire.

“They clearly still believe in very long contracts despite the situations that they found themselves in with [Mykhailo] Mudryk and many other players,” said Borson to Football Insider.

“It’s not like these players that they’ve signed on seven, eight-year contracts are all working. I would say they absolutely are not working and a lot of them they’d like to shift on.

“Looking from the outside, it still seems a very odd approach on the contract side. But to be fair, the detail of those contracts may allow for earlier exits than the full terms.”

In any case, it looks as if Chelsea are set for another eventful summer window in terms of outgoings, and current AC Milan loanee João Félix comes as another player who could leave the club.

João Félix gives “greenlight” to Galatasaray move this summer

The Portugal international was signed just last summer in a £46 million deal from Atlético Madrid, but Felix appears out of Maresca’s plans after Chelsea approved his temporary spell at the San Siro.

According to Turkish news outlet Sporx, the attacking midfielder and his camp are already weighing up other destinations, and a surprise candidate for Felix’s signature has emerged in the form of Süper Lig champions Galatasaray.

They boldly claim in their headline that Felix has given his “green light” to join Galatasaray from Chelsea, and his representatives, particularly super-agent Jorge Mendes, are also keen for this switch to happen.

Okan Buruk’s side want to sign the 25-year-old in an ambitious swoop, even if they report his £144,000-per-week wages could pose an issue, while Felix is said to hold “positive” feelings about this possible transfer.

Given his once-sky-high potential, a move to Turkey could be deemed a serious step down at this stage in his career, but it is something he is apparently really considering.