Chelsea Close In On Brighton's Buonanotte

Chelsea are nearing a season-long indebtedness move for Brighton attacker Facundo Buonanotte.

The 20-year-old, who spent past play connected indebtedness astatine Leicester, had been expected to spell to Leeds connected loan, but Chelsea person made a astonishment move.

Buonanotte, who has earned 2 Argentina caps, managed six goals and 3 assists successful 35 appearances past play arsenic nan Foxes were relegated to nan Championship.

Chelsea person respective members of unit who cognize Buonanotte good from their clip astatine Brighton, including co-sporting head Paul Winstanley and head of world recruitment Sam Jewell.

Meanwhile, chap Brighton guardant Julio Enciso is nearing a £13.8m move to Chelsea's partner nine Strasbourg, pinch a position that he will play for nan Blues aft a twelvemonth successful France.

Chelsea person been looking to adhd attacking threat to their squad - looking towards Alejandro Garnacho and Xavi Simons.

They person prioritised a £40m move for Manchester United winger Garnacho complete Simons - who is group to complete a £51.8m move to Tottenham.

But Chelsea look restraints successful nan transportation market, having been fined £26m by Uefa successful July for breaching financial rules.

They are nether unit to support a "positive transportation balance" aliases consequence being incapable to registry caller signings for nan Champions League convention phase.

It intends that to bring players in, they person to get players out. So acold this summer, they person raised a Premier League-record £265m from sales.

Noni Madueke's £52m move to Arsenal was nan biggest sale, pinch much money raised by offloading Christopher Nkunku to AC Milan and Alfie Gilchrist to West Brom.

Chelsea stay successful nan trading marketplace pinch Nicolas Jackson being courted by clubs successful Italy, Germany and England, and Tyrique George, Raheem Sterling, Ben Chilwell and Axel Disasi among those who could time off earlier nan transportation deadline connected 1 September.