{"id":625505,"date":"2023-07-23T13:59:25","date_gmt":"2023-07-23T17:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=625505"},"modified":"2023-07-23T14:02:06","modified_gmt":"2023-07-23T18:02:06","slug":"chelsea-close-signing-montpellier-elye-wahi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/07\/23\/chelsea-close-signing-montpellier-elye-wahi\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Agreement Getting Closer\u2019: Chelsea Want to Accelerate Pursuit of \u2018Clinical\u2019 Forward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Chelsea are advancing in talks with French side Montpellier over the potential transfer of young forward Elye Wahi, claims\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1683080094112161794?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Fabrizio Romano<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">[metabet_core_side_odds_tile query=&#8221;soe\/chelsea&#8221; size=&#8221;350&#215;300&#8243; site_id=&#8221;metabet-website&#8221;]<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Chelsea Closing in on Elye Wahi Transfer<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Chelsea\u2019s Plans for Wahi Revealed<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The London heavyweights have been focused on signing quality young players in the last year or so as part of their ambitious long-term plans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Read More<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">:\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/07\/22\/chelsea-interested-kylian-mbappe\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Chelsea Interested in Shock Kylian Mbappe Transfer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Chelsea now seem to be delving into the French market and Romano states that an agreement is getting closer between them and Montpellier over the sale of Wahi. It&#8217;s added that the Premier League side have scheduled a new round of talks with the Ligue 1 club in an attempt to find total agreement over the signing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Romano also claims that Mauricio Pochettino&#8217;s team has decided that they will be sending the 20-year-old striker on loan for the 2023\/24 season to ensure that he gets regular playing minutes somewhere else. It is added that<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/07\/02\/chelsea-lineup-next-season-formation-starting-lineup\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0Chelsea<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0are aware of potential competition for the Frenchman and that has promoted wanting to accelerate talks quickly to ensure nobody else can sign him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Watc<\/span><\/strong><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">h:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Last Word on Football\u2019s video explaining how Chelsea could line up next season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rebuild Needed - How Mauricio Pochettino Will SAVE Chelsea\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VaSiVa4NgKQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Chelsea Plans for the Rest of This Transfer Window<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Blues have been relatively quiet in the summer transfer window after the kind of money they spent back in January. They have focused on selling a lot of players in the summer and are now looking into new signings. It has been reported that they are interested in a move for\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/4712439\/2023\/07\/22\/mohammed-kudus-chelsea-ajax-transfer\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Ajax midfielder Mohammed Kudus<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0and they are also\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12282691\/TRANSFER-CONFIDENTIAL-Man-United-face-Onana-hold-Chelsea-negotiate-Caicedo-move.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">negotiating a deal to sign Moises Caicedo<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0from Brighton.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Read More<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">:\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/07\/21\/tottenham-eyeing-chelsea-midfielder-conor-gallagher\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Tottenham Eyeing Conor Gallagher as Potential Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg Replacement<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">But Chelsea appears to be looking for a long-term option to spearhead their attack in Wahi. The 20-year-old has been described as a\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bLt6L0v7qg8&amp;pp=ygUJRWx5ZSBXYWhp\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8216;clinical&#8217; striker<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0thanks to his finishing ability and already has 32 goals in 84 Ligue appearances at a young age. The Frenchman was among the most prolific forwards in Ligue 1 last season, scoring 19 goals and providing six assists, which seemingly attracted the Premier League side&#8217;s interest. It remains to be seen if they can get a deal over the line before other clubs target him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Photo Credit:\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wkocjan\/2664991120\/in\/photolist-54uM1L-54uSxN-54uQhm-54uSGj-54qBak-54uMiq-54pjhi-a23vPj-54uFZy-54uRq1-54qyrD-54tyxf-54tv1q-54qyjP-54pm9D-54uMVw-54qEjB-54qzBi-54qxf8-54uS75-54qz56-54qwTM-54pi1r-54qAFR-54qx3D-54two5-54twMY-54qBke-54tyPQ-KbETB4-4BNp8V-54qsXV-54typN-54txJj-54qse6-54uTt1-54uMay-54tvSy-54pk8g-54qAo6-2jCHtC2-54qu46-54uKxy-54uHvs-3gT5N7-54uHC1-54uGt3-54qrpV-54qAc2-54uHS7\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">wkocjan on Flickr<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">,\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/2.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">CC BY-NC-ND 2.0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea are advancing in talks with French side Montpellier over the potential transfer of young forward Elye Wahi, claims\u00a0Fabrizio Romano.\u00a0 [metabet_core_side_odds_tile query=&#8221;soe\/chelsea&#8221; size=&#8221;350&#215;300&#8243; site_id=&#8221;metabet-website&#8221;] Chelsea Closing in on Elye Wahi Transfer Chelsea\u2019s Plans for Wahi Revealed The London heavyweights have been focused on signing quality young players in the last year or so as part [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4218,"featured_media":624844,"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":[3,11,7,7188],"tags":[8611,9909],"class_list":["post-625505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-chelsea","category-ligue-1","category-rumours","tag-chelsea-transfer-rumours","tag-elye-wahi"],"modified_by":"Ricky Carroll, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625505","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=625505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625505\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/624844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=625505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=625505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}