{"id":614970,"date":"2022-07-17T08:01:38","date_gmt":"2022-07-17T12:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=614970"},"modified":"2022-07-17T08:01:38","modified_gmt":"2022-07-17T12:01:38","slug":"chelsea%e2%80%90paris-saint-germain-presnel-kimpembe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/17\/chelsea%e2%80%90paris-saint-germain-presnel-kimpembe\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea Continue Talks With Paris Saint-Germain for French International"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea are not resting on their laurels following the signing of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/14\/chelsea-closing-in-kalidou-koulibaly\/\" target=\"_self\">Kalidou Koulibaly<\/a>, with the West London club identifying <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/14\/west-ham-gianluca-scamacca\/\" target=\"_self\">Paris Saint-Germain<\/a> defender Presnel Kimpembe as their next target, According to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1548582526247223296\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fabrizio Romano<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Parisians are looking for a fee of around \u00a350-55 million, with Chelsea only thought to be willing to pay \u00a340 million &#8211; but talks between the clubs are set to continue with PSG thought to be willing to let the French defender leave if they receive the right offer.<\/p>\n<h2>Presnel Kimpembe: Chelsea Identify the French Defender as Their Next Target<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain are in direct talks for Presnel Kimpemb\u00e9 deal. Initial request around \u20ac60\/65m but Chelsea are prepared to submit \u20ac45\/50m proposal. Work in progress. \ud83d\udd35 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#CFC<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>PSG consider Kimpemb\u00e9 part of the project &#8211; but he can leave in case of good proposal. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7pcV6YWD3q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/7pcV6YWD3q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1548582526247223296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 17, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Paris Saint-Germain Defender to Bolster the Blues<\/h3>\n<p>Chelsea have lost <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/05\/10\/antonio-rudiger-joins-real-madrid\/\" target=\"_self\">Antionio Rudiger<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelona.com\/en\/football\/first-team\/news\/2666783\/christensen-second-signing-for-fc-barcelona\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andreas Christensen<\/a> this summer, with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1547613524121161728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1547613524121161728%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Flastwordonsports.com%2Ffootball%2F2022%2F07%2F14%2Fcesar-azpilicueta-joining-barcelona%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cesar Azpilicueta<\/a> set to follow them through the Stamford Bridge exit door. Therefore, Thomas Tuchel has identified French international Kimpembe as a priority in replenishing his depleted backline.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea have been linked with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sport\/football\/19220647\/chelsea-transfer-bayern-de-ligt-lewandowski-barcelona\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matthijs de Ligt<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football.london\/chelsea-fc\/transfer-news\/jules-kounde-chelsea-transfer-ake-22563032\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jules Kounde<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/news\/nathan-ake-transfer-manchester-city-chelsea\/iBOhyyJNlHLN\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nathan Ake<\/a> this summer but Kimpembe has seemingly jumped to the top of Tuchel&#8217;s list with him being familiar with the French defender from his time managing PSG. Despite being a product of the PSG youth set up, it is thought he could be tempted to link up with his former manager.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/14\/west-ham-gianluca-scamacca\/\" target=\"_self\">Paris Saint-Germain Face Competition for Italian Striker<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>French Defender to Bolster Chelsea<\/h3>\n<p>Tuchel has identified the defence as a vital area needing reinforcements following some notable departures this summer, with Kimpembe seen by many as a more refined replacement for Rudiger. He is superb at anticipating danger and at intercepting dangerous passes much like the German done consistently under Tuchel.<\/p>\n<p>The French international covers ground very well, which enables him to recover and stop dangerous attacks when needed, which could be a vital weapon for a Chelsea team that likes to dominate possession.\u00a0His positioning in closing down shooting angles is also one of his best assets, making him very hard to beat in one v one situations when an opposition attacker is trying to shoot.<\/p>\n<p>Kimpembe plays with a desire and will to win that Tuchel undoubtedly wants to instal at Chelsea. In addition to his excellent tackling, he is also comfortable on the ball, showing a great ability to play accurate passes to his teammates in midfield which would be a vital weapon for Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea are not resting on their laurels following the signing of Kalidou Koulibaly, with the West London club identifying Paris Saint-Germain defender Presnel Kimpembe as their next target, According to Fabrizio Romano. The Parisians are looking for a fee of around \u00a350-55 million, with Chelsea only thought to be willing to pay \u00a340 million &#8211; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4106,"featured_media":614976,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,11,1367,3,7188],"tags":[1407,9283,3429],"class_list":["post-614970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ligue-1","category-chelsea","category-paris-saint-germain","category-premier-league","category-rumours","tag-chelsea-transfers","tag-paris-saint-germain-transfers","tag-presnel-kimpembe"],"modified_by":"Nat Goodlad, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=614970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/614976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=614970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=614970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=614970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}