{"id":672733,"date":"2026-07-27T09:11:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T13:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=672733"},"modified":"2026-07-27T09:11:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T13:11:33","slug":"chelsea-premier-league-champions-league-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2026\/07\/27\/chelsea-premier-league-champions-league-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea Eyeing Move for Premier League & Champions League Winner"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is certainly looking to be an interesting summer transfer window for Chelsea as they remodel their squad around new manager Xabi Alonso. There is a clear desire to add some more physicality as well as veteran know-how to the lineup as evidenced by new reports that they’re exploring a move for a former Premier League and Champions League winner with over 500 senior appearances to his credit.<\/p>\n

Xabi Alonso Appreciates Veteran Striker Ahead of Potential Summer Move<\/h2>\n

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Chelsea Interested in Danny Welbeck<\/h3>\n

According to a report<\/a> from David Ornstein and Kieran Gill, the Blues are exploring a move for Brighton & Hove Albion striker Danny Welbeck. It is said to still be in the early stages but there is optimism that a deal could be viable. It is noted that the the leadership on offer is a big appeal to signing the Englishman.<\/p>\n

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Proven top level quality is one area that has been short in signings under Clearlake, in this signing they would be bringing in a player with over 500 senior appearances, two Premier League titles, and a Champions league win to his name.<\/p>\n

What He Brings<\/h3>\n

With Joao Pedro almost nailed on to start up front for Alonso, the question becomes who can deputise for him. Nicolas Jackson may not want to be a backup, Liam Delap is coming off a shambolic campaign, and Emmanuel Emegha is both too young and seemingly injury prone. Welbeck would offer the best of both worlds, content to be used as a rotational player, but capable of offering some quality when needed.<\/p>\n

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He’s a physical player who knows how to score goals, having an average of 1 in 5 across his extensive career, with his 51 strikes in 201 appearances for Brighton & Hove Albion being a respectable return. At 35, he would bring the kind of calming presence and seniority that many have felt Chelsea lacking in recent seasons with young players tasked with leading a dressing room before they’re ready.<\/p>\n

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Mandatory Credit: Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It is certainly looking to be an interesting summer transfer window for Chelsea as they remodel their squad around new manager Xabi Alonso. There is a clear desire to add some more physicality as well as veteran know-how to the lineup as evidenced by new reports that they’re exploring a move for a former Premier […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2013,"featured_media":672391,"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":[11,30,3,7188],"tags":[806],"class_list":["post-672733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea","category-news","category-premier-league","category-rumours","tag-danny-welbeck"],"modified_by":"Alex Richards, LWOF Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672733","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\/2013"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=672733"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":672734,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672733\/revisions\/672734"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/672391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=672733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=672733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=672733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}