Chelsea have stepped up their pursuit of Lyon’s Bradley Barcola after their move for Crystal Palace’s Michael Olise fell through.
That is according to Fabrice Hawkins, who reports that the Blues are now pursuing the 20-year-old who has been at Lyon for the entirety of his career.
Barcola is also wanted by PSG and the Ligue 1 champions are believed to be still interested having already had a €35m offer turned down by Lyon for the youngster. This comes after the West London club’s move for Michael Olise fell through as Mauricio Pochettino still wants another winger added to his squad.
? Chelsea have stepped up their pursuit of Bradley Barcola in recent hours after Michael Olise rejected them!
PSG are still interested and have already had a €35M offer turned down by Lyon.
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Crystal Palace confirmed the news on Thursday that Olise rejected the opportunity to join Chelsea and signed a new four-year contract to stay at Selhurst Park, reports the Guardian.
The Blues activated the £35m release clause in Olise’s current contract this week and the transfer appeared close to being completed.
However, Palace were very unhappy with how their winger was approached by Chelsea and was considering making a formal complaint to the Premier League over their conduct, which likely impacted the deal as the Blues move on to the Lyon man.
Not quite the same is he?😁