{"id":39867,"date":"2026-01-29T08:50:42","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T13:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/01\/29\/report-surprise-chelsea-transfer-decision-could-see-further-developments-before-deadline-day\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T08:50:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T13:50:42","slug":"report-surprise-chelsea-transfer-decision-could-see-further-developments-before-deadline-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/01\/29\/report-surprise-chelsea-transfer-decision-could-see-further-developments-before-deadline-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Surprise Chelsea transfer decision could see further developments before deadline day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aaron Anselmino celebrates with his Borussia Dortmund teammates (Photo by Pau Barrena\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chelsea could reportedly use Aaron Anselmino as part of their bid to sign Rennes centre-back Jeremy Jacquet.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to the Telegraph, the Blues&#8217; surprise decision to recall Anselmino from his loan to Borussia Dortmund could make him an option to offer Rennes, as they are likely to want a replacement for Jaquet.<\/p>\n<p>There has also been talk of Chelsea using Axel Disasi in this way, but it remains to be seen whether that is a possibility.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea could have more options in defence, and Anselmino could just be returning to Stamford Bridge to provide that.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aaron Anselmino plays for Borussia Dortmund (Photo by Christof Koepsel\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, it cannot be ruled out that the west London giants are trying to make an offer to Rennes to eventually sign Jaquet.<\/p>\n<h2>Chelsea&#8217;s defensive transfer plans still unresolved<\/h2>\n<p>Jacquet now looks like the ideal player for Chelsea after his good form in Ligue 1, but there still seems to be a lot of uncertainty as to how this saga will end.<\/p>\n<p>As Fabrizio Romano posted on X yesterday, Jaquet is currently being targeted by Chelsea as a summer target rather than a January target.<\/p>\n<p>However, the journalist has also named Liverpool and Bayern Munich as rivals for the young Frenchman&#8217;s signature, so see below for more details&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Romano posted: &#8220;The race to sign Jeremy Jacquet is still on for the summer transfer window. As has become clear, Chelsea, Liverpool and FC Bayern are all in active negotiations&#8230; We want to sign him now for next season 2026\/27. Negotiations are ongoing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It will be interesting to see if this could change in the coming days, or if CFC simply decide to use Anselmino as a last-line additional option from now until the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>The talented young Argentine has certainly impressed during his time in the Bundesliga and has earned the chance to show what he can do for Liam Rosenior&#8217;s side.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End -->\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aaron Anselmino celebrates with his Borussia Dortmund teammates (Photo by Pau Barrena\/Getty Images) Chelsea could reportedly use Aaron Anselmino as part of their bid to sign Rennes centre-back Jeremy Jacquet. According to the Telegraph, the Blues&#8217; surprise decision to recall Anselmino from his loan to Borussia Dortmund could make him an option to offer Rennes, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39868,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[40],"class_list":{"0":"post-39867","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39867\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}