{"id":615720,"date":"2022-08-05T02:43:35","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T06:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=615720"},"modified":"2022-08-05T02:43:35","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T06:43:35","slug":"cesar-azpilicueta-chelsea-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/05\/cesar-azpilicueta-chelsea-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea Get Major Boost as \u2018Spectacular\u2019 Star Snubs Interest From European Elites and Sign New Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/03\/brighton-deny-reports-50-million-defender\/\" target=\"_self\">Chelsea<\/a> captain Cesar Azpilicueta has signed a two-year contract with and has decided against joining <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/02\/memphis-depay-manchester-united-chelsea-barcelona-contract\/\" target=\"_self\">Barcelona<\/a> in the summer. The Spaniard was linked to a move to Camp Nou but has decided to pledge his future to Thomas Tuchel&#8217;s side.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mr. Chelsea. Two more years. \ud83d\udc99 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/j8lYVl3km4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/j8lYVl3km4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChelseaFC\/status\/1555259864556896256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 4, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Cesar Azpilicueta Set to Stay at Chelsea<\/h2>\n<h3>Azpilicueta Signs Sign New Contract With Premier League Heavyweights<\/h3>\n<p>Not only has the 32-year-old snubbed a move to the La Liga giants, but has also agreed to a new deal with the Premier League side. His previous deal was set to expire in 2023, but he&#8217;s decided to sign a two-year extension which will keep him at Stamford Bridge until at least 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old wanted his future resolved before the start of the Premier League season, something Barcelona couldn&#8217;t guarantee him. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gerardromero\/status\/1555199467925737475?s=20&amp;t=GbDA08dhp8k7D7ppYK4wog\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gerard Romero<\/a> adds that the <em>Blaugrana<\/em> asked him to wait a few more days and let them resolve their financial fair-play issues, but the right-back made up his mind to stay at Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/04\/chelsea-pierre-emerick-aubameyang-transfer\/\" target=\"_self\">Chelsea Chasing Deal for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He has even told Xavi Hernandez about his decision as well.\u00a0 The Spain international will now start the new campaign with the Blues, whom he has been a part of since 2012 and won all the major trophies with.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 Barcelona will not sign Cesar Azpilicueta this summer. The player will renew his contract at Chelsea by a further two years &#8211; it will be official in the next few hours.<\/p>\n<p>He told Xavi of his decision this morning.<\/p>\n<p>(Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gerardromero?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@gerardromero<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9eirpHr1La\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/9eirpHr1La<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Transfer News Live (@DeadlineDayLive) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DeadlineDayLive\/status\/1555203741523054592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 4, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Chelsea Finally Win a Battle Against Barcelona This Summer<\/h3>\n<p>Chelsea and Barcelona have been at odds with each other throughout the summer transfer window, with the Spanish side leaving them red-faced on multiple occasions. The Blues <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/sport\/football\/chelsea-boehly-ousmane-dembele-transfer-27150056\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">initially wanted to sign Ousmane Dembele<\/a> on a free transfer, only for him to re-sign with the La Liga outfit.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Blaugrana<\/em> even managed to win the race to sign Raphinha, even after it looked like the Blues were <a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/news\/raphinha-chelsea-arsenal-transfer-leeds\/uebWdbbuZc1q\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">close to agreeing on a deal<\/a> with Leeds United for him. And finally, Chelsea also missed out on the signing of French international Jules Kounde &#8211; despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sport.es\/en\/news\/barca\/chelsea-make-55m-euro-bid-for-jules-kounde-14110853\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">being close to his acquisition<\/a> &#8211; as he opted to join remain in Spain.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/03\/leicester-chelsea-selling-wesley-fofana\/\" target=\"_self\">Chelsea Receive Boost in Wesley Fofana Deal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>So seeing their captain refuse to bail ship and stick with them must be sweet for Tuchel&#8217;s side. Azpilicueta is a respected leader in the locker room, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chelseafc.com\/en\/news\/article\/thiago-silva-praises-azpilicueta-s-leadership-as-our-skipper-exp\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thiago Silva calling him &#8216;a spectacular guy&#8217;<\/a> and praising his leadership skills earlier this year as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea captain Cesar Azpilicueta has signed a two-year contract with and has decided against joining Barcelona in the summer. The Spaniard was linked to a move to Camp Nou but has decided to pledge his future to Thomas Tuchel&#8217;s side. Mr. Chelsea. Two more years. \ud83d\udc99 pic.twitter.com\/j8lYVl3km4 &mdash; Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) August 4, 2022 Cesar [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4218,"featured_media":615764,"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":[3,1365,11,2,6,30],"tags":[1102],"class_list":["post-615720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-barcelona","category-chelsea","category-featured","category-la-liga","category-news","tag-cesar-azpilicueta"],"modified_by":"Dale Ventham, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615720","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\/4218"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=615720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/615764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}