{"id":777,"date":"2025-07-29T13:37:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T10:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/2025\/07\/29\/chelseas-dual-pursuit-alejandro-garnacho-and-xavi-simons-transfers-progressing\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T15:40:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T12:40:31","slug":"chelseas-dual-pursuit-alejandro-garnacho-and-xavi-simons-transfers-progressing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/2025\/07\/29\/chelseas-dual-pursuit-alejandro-garnacho-and-xavi-simons-transfers-progressing\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea&#8217;s Dual Pursuit: Alejandro Garnacho and Xavi Simons Transfers Progressing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea remain active in the transfer market as they advance negotiations for RB Leipzig&#8217;s Xavi Simons, while simultaneously maintaining interest in Manchester United winger Alejandro Garnacho. Discussions with Simons, a Dutch attacking talent, are progressing well and he remains the club&#8217;s primary target. However, reports confirm that Chelsea have not ruled out signing Garnacho, especially if they can offload Christopher Nkunku. The latter move would allow Simons to occupy a more central role if he joins Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n<p>The Athletic and The Telegraph have highlighted Chelsea\u2019s sustained interest in Garnacho, with Fabrizio Romano stating on DAZN there is a \u201cconcrete possibility\u201d that the Argentina international could join Chelsea alongside Simons this summer. Garnacho is reportedly open to leaving Manchester United and prioritizes a move within the Premier League, with Aston Villa also reportedly interested.<\/p>\n<p>Aston Villa are also linked with England international Morgan Rogers, a player Chelsea have identified as a target. Villa are keen to secure Rogers with a new contract this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea&#8217;s strategy involves raising funds for their attacking reinforcements by selling several fringe players. Jo\u00e3o F\u00e9lix is on the verge of moving to Al Nassr, Raheem Sterling is attracting interest following his loan from Arsenal, and Christopher Nkunku alongside Armando Broja are available for the right offers. Nicolas Jackson could also depart, although his valuation currently makes an immediate exit less likely.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to their attacking plans, Chelsea are nearing a deal for Ajax defender Jorrel Hato, indicating a broader squad overhaul. The club aims to finalize Simons&#8217; signing before making concrete moves for Garnacho, emphasizing a structured approach to their summer recruitment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea pursues Xavi Simons urgently while keeping Alejandro Garnacho as a realistic transfer option.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":776,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[190],"tags":[227,182,246],"class_list":["post-777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea","tag-alejandro-garnacho","tag-transfers","tag-xavi-simons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":778,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777\/revisions\/778"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}