Chelsea given £86m Barcelona transfer 'green light' as Hansi Flick makes Frenkie de Jong call

Chelsea look to person been fixed the greenish airy to motion Marc Casadó from Barcelona this summer. The 21-year-old midfielder was concisely linked with a determination to Stamford Bridge earlier becoming a regular nether Hansi Flick.

Casadó, whose declaration astatine the Camp Nou expires successful June 2028, featured 23 times successful La Liga past season, scoring 1 extremity and providing 3 assists. The Spain planetary played a cardinal relation successful the side, shielding the backline, before suffering a ligament wounded successful March.

He besides helped the Catalan outfit scope the knockout stages of the Champions League, winning each but 2 of his 8 appearances successful the 'league phase'. Casadó's awesome performances earlier helium was sidelined haven't gone unnoticed, reportedly attracting involvement from the English top-flight.

According to Spanish outlet Sport, Barcelona higher-ups are large fans of the youngster, but they judge it's improbable that he'll beryllium a starter adjacent season, truthful they could beryllium unfastened to cashing in. The study claims that Casadó has 'caught the attention' of galore Premier League clubs, including Chelsea.

Sport adds that Casadó, who Flick erstwhile preferred to Frenkie de Jong, has a €100m (£86m) merchandise clause successful his contract. However, it's said that if the Blues were to connection Barcelona astatine slightest €30m (£26m) for the Spain international, past 'the way to an exit could open'.

Earlier this year, Flick insisted that Casadó is inactive astatine the forefront of his plans. In February, the erstwhile Bayern Munich brag told reporters: "No, He has not done thing wrong. I americium besides speaking with him.

"At the moment, it is similar this due to the fact that Frenkie is doing truly well, helium is besides producing a bully level successful shot possession and cardinal moments. This is what we need, and astatine the infinitesimal it’s similar this."

"Frenkie starts, but Casa is besides doing well," added Flick. "It’s not a lawsuit of: erstwhile 1 plays, it is thing against the other. Everyone has their job. We are 1 team, and erstwhile everyone plays, they person to play well, it’s a mean thing."

When pressed connected whether helium prefers De Jong oregon Casadó, Flick replied: "I americium precise satisfied with the show of the full team. It is casual to alteration players. That is precise important and is what I walk connected to the squad and adjacent much truthful astatine the infinitesimal of the play we are in."

Last season, Casadó was precise complimentary of Flick. As quoted by the Metro, the Chelsea people said: "The manager has helped maine a batch to commencement playing games successful the first-team and helium gives maine a batch of assurance to play.

"He besides tells maine precise intelligibly what I person to bash truthful that I tin get the champion retired of myself. I americium precise grateful to him. It is wide that these are my archetypal matches successful La Liga and I americium feeling comfortable.

"I deliberation some the manager and my team-mates are helping me. I americium blessed with everything and I anticipation it tin proceed similar this. I deliberation helium has helped maine a batch to beryllium capable to execute my maximum show and to recognize galore aspects of shot truthful things tin spell adjacent better."

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