Cesar Azpilicueta is ‘prone to keep at Chelsea’ this summer time with proprietor Todd Boehly reluctant to sanction the defender’s transfer to Barcelona.
Azpilicueta is eager to go away Chelsea after a decade in west London and the 32-year-old is a switch goal for Barcelona, who stay hopeful of agreeing a deal for the Blues’ captain.
Xavi is eager so as to add Azpilicueta’s expertise to his new-look squad on the Camp Nou and the full-back has expressed a need to return to his native Spain.
Nevertheless, the Instances are reporting that Boehly is reluctant to sanction the sale of Azpilicueta and needs to maintain the defender at Stamford Bridge for the ultimate season of his contract.
Azpilicueta has made 476 appearances for Chelsea since signing for Marseille in 2012 and the membership are reluctant to lose his management throughout a transitional interval.
The defender is known to be ‘optimistic’ {that a} deal can nonetheless be agreed if Chelsea can herald reinforcements earlier than the switch deadline, although the 2 groups stay a distance aside in valuation.
Barcelona have supplied a price of round £3m for the Spain worldwide, a determine that falls wanting Chelsea’s valuation within the area of £10m.
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