{"id":626815,"date":"2023-08-20T04:06:34","date_gmt":"2023-08-20T08:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=626815"},"modified":"2023-08-20T04:09:31","modified_gmt":"2023-08-20T08:09:31","slug":"chelsea-make-djordje-petrovic-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/08\/20\/chelsea-make-djordje-petrovic-bid\/","title":{"rendered":"Offer Made: Chelsea Now Pushing to Sign \u2019Absolutely Incredible\u2019 Star &#8211; Negotiations Ongoing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">According to\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1692627822844731814?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1692627822844731814%7Ctwgr%5E2f45830f89f78944c995a3c64faed553242ee636%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Flastwordonsports.com%2Ffootball%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost.php%3Fpost%3D626815action%3Deditclassic-editor\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Fabrizio Romano<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, Chelsea are looking to sign a replacement for the departed Kepa Arrizabalaga, with the London club making an approach for Djordje Petrovic to compete\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/08\/05\/chelsea-robert-sanchez-transfer-confirmed\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">with Robert Sanchez<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/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;lastwordonsports&#8221;]<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Chelsea Make Approach for Djordje Petrovic<\/span><\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Chelsea submit formal proposal for New England Serbian goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic \ud83d\udea8\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>Bid worth \u00a315m, as reported tonight by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JacobSteinberg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@JacobSteinberg<\/a>. Negotiations are now ongoing. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cRrW4WMN7d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/cRrW4WMN7d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1692627822844731814?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Who Is Petrovic?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Serbian goalkeeper came through the youth system of his native club FK Cukaricki, and spent four years with them, making 78 appearances for them and keeping 30 clean sheets. Last year, he joined the MLS side New England Revolution and has impressed for them.<\/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\/08\/18\/chelsea-brennan-johnson-transfer-talks\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Chelsea Hold Early Talks for Brennan Johnson Signing<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Petrovic made 25 appearances for them across all competitions last season, keeping eight clean sheets and conceding just 29 goals.\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The 23-year-old has been described\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.revolutionsoccer.net\/news\/even-in-loss-petrovic-impresses-once-again-hes-been-absolutely-incredible\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">as &#8220;absolutely incredible&#8221;<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0by a former teammate and seems to have the qualities to excel in Europe.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">How Much Are Chelsea Ready to Offer for Petrovic?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The report mentions that they have made their opening offer of around \u00a315 million for the 23-year-old&#8217;s services and that negotiations are ongoing with the MLS club over the possibility of signing him before the end of the summer transfer window.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why Liverpool and Chelsea are DESTROYING the Transfer Market\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jQaiRguMTGY?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<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Chelsea decided to send their goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga on loan to Real Madrid until the end of the 2023\/24 season. Mauricio Pochettino&#8217;s side are lacking in the goalkeeping department after offloading both Kepa and Edouard Mendy this summer, which is why they are pushing to sign the Serbian goalkeeper. <\/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\/08\/17\/chelsea-deivid-washington-signing\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Chelsea Set to Confirm Deivid Washington as Newest Signing<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen if they can complete the deal to provide competition to Sanchez for the no.1 role this season. Lucas Bergstrom was on the bench for the opening game against Liverpool &#8211; but it appears Chelsea are looking to sign a goalkeeper with more experience in order to strengthen their goalkeeping department.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Main photo Credit:\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/azfLwc\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Tom on Flickr<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">,\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">CC BY-SA 2.0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to\u00a0Fabrizio Romano, Chelsea are looking to sign a replacement for the departed Kepa Arrizabalaga, with the London club making an approach for Djordje Petrovic to compete\u00a0with Robert Sanchez. [metabet_core_side_odds_tile query=&#8221;soe\/chelsea&#8221; size=&#8221;350&#215;300&#8243; site_id=&#8221;lastwordonsports&#8221;] Chelsea Make Approach for Djordje Petrovic Chelsea submit formal proposal for New England Serbian goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic \ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udd35 #CFC Bid worth \u00a315m, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4218,"featured_media":625126,"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],"tags":[8611,9967],"class_list":["post-626815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-chelsea","category-rumours","tag-chelsea-transfer-rumours","tag-djordje-petrovic"],"modified_by":"Ricky Carroll, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626815","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=626815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626815\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/625126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=626815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=626815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}