{"id":626082,"date":"2023-08-03T10:43:58","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T14:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=626082"},"modified":"2023-08-03T10:44:17","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T14:44:17","slug":"chelsea-agree-robert-sanchez-deal-with-brighton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/08\/03\/chelsea-agree-robert-sanchez-deal-with-brighton\/","title":{"rendered":"Medicals Imminent: Chelsea Agree Deal To Sign \u00a325 Million \u2018Monster\u2019 as Fifth Summer Signing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/4745718\/2023\/08\/03\/chelsea-robert-sanchez-transfer-brighton\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Athletic&#8217;s David Ornstein<\/a> has given an exciting update on Chelsea&#8217;s plans to confirm their fifth summer signing and further improve their squad ahead of the Premier League opener against Liverpool at Stamford Bridge on August 13.<\/p>\n<h2>Chelsea Agree Robert Sanchez Signing From Brighton<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Chelsea have agreed fee around \u00a320m fixed for Robert S\u00e1nchez \u2014 it includes add ons up to \u00a325m package \ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udd35<\/p>\n<p>Long term deal verbally agreed with S\u00e1nchez who always wanted to join <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>\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\udde8 Caicedo talks continue in separate deal.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 Slonina will now leave on loan.<\/p>\n<p>Here we go \u2714\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aJn5BDF1oe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/aJn5BDF1oe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1687080606260162560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 3, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Details for Sanchez Deal Revealed<\/h3>\n<p>The Blues have been involved in detailed negotiations with the Seagulls in an effort to sign more players from them, and it appears that they have made solid groundwork in sealing the signing of goalkeeper Robert Sanchez.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/08\/02\/levi-colwill-new-chelsea-contract\/\" target=\"_self\">Levi Colwill Agrees New Chelsea Contract<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ornstein claims that Chelsea have now reached an agreement with their Premier League opponents to sign the Spanish goalkeeper. It&#8217;s added that he is set to undergo his medical tests with the London club imminently before being able to complete a move to Stamford Bridge. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1687080606260162560?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fabrizio Romano<\/a> has also given details of the deal, giving his &#8216;here we go&#8217; and claiming that the Blues will pay a fee of around \u00a325 million including add-ons for the goalkeeper.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old, who lost his starting place at Brighton last season, was not even included in their USA pre-season tour because the club wanted him off their books despite only paying him <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotrac.com\/epl\/brighton-hove-albion\/robert-s%C3%A1nchez-47363\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rumoured<\/a> \u00a325k-per-week wages. It&#8217;s added that Sanchez has been signed by Chelsea to add more competition for their current no.1, Kepa Arrizabalaga and a replacement for Edouard Mendy, who left in the summer. He will be able to re-join his former Brighton goalkeeper coach Ben Roberts and aim to restart his career at the London side.<\/p>\n<h3>What Else Is on Chelsea\u2019s Radar?<\/h3>\n<p>Chelsea have been quite proactive in the summer transfer market over the last few weeks, as they&#8217;ve roped in midfielder Lesley Ugochukwue from Rennes and are <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1686262484498513920?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a> to be close to signing French defender Axel Disasi too. They are still <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=t8P7IxCJWF8\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reportedly<\/a> prioritizing the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/08\/02\/chelsea-eyeing-moises-caicedo-robert-sanchez-signings\/\" target=\"_self\">signing of Moises Caicedo<\/a> and are likely to continue talks with the Seagulls on sealing their priority midfield target.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/08\/02\/chelsea-eye-potential-tyler-adams-move\/\" target=\"_self\">Chelsea Plot Possible Move for Tyler Adams as Moises Caicedo Alternative<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sanchez, who was hailed as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theargus.co.uk\/sport\/19072388.robert-sanchez-hailed-a-monster-goal-albion\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a &#8216;monster&#8217;<\/a> by Graham Potter a few years ago, looks to be their next summer signing. He&#8217;s set to leave Brighton after spending his entire professional career contracted with them, having made 90 appearances and kept 29 clean sheets with the Seagulls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Athletic&#8217;s David Ornstein has given an exciting update on Chelsea&#8217;s plans to confirm their fifth summer signing and further improve their squad ahead of the Premier League opener against Liverpool at Stamford Bridge on August 13. Chelsea Agree Robert Sanchez Signing From Brighton Chelsea have agreed fee around \u00a320m fixed for Robert S\u00e1nchez \u2014 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4218,"featured_media":624827,"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":[3,11,7188,28],"tags":[7799],"class_list":["post-626082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-chelsea","category-rumours","category-transfers","tag-robert-sanchez"],"modified_by":"Michael Kovacs, ADMIN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626082","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=626082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/624827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=626082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=626082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}