Chelsea are reportedly close to signing Marco Palestra, who is due to undergo a medical with the Blues on Friday.<\/strong><\/p>\n Download the official CaughtOffSide app to get all the latest news and updates straight to your phone. above apple<\/u><\/span> & Google play<\/u><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n The talented young Italian right-back has already been strongly linked with Chelsea by Athletic, with Fabrizio Romano saying there will be an important development tomorrow.<\/p>\n Romano posted on X about the Palestra arriving in London for Chelsea’s medical tomorrow, see below for details…<\/p>\n Want more catchoffside coverage? Add us <\/i><\/b>Google recommended sources<\/span><\/i><\/b> Add trusted news to your favorites list<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Romano posted: “Marco Palestra will undergo a medical in London on Friday as a new Chelsea player. Palestra will head to England to sign a contract until June 2032, plus an option until 2033, in order to secure his move from Atalanta.”<\/p>\n Romano previously reported that the Palestra’s transfer fee was 55 million euros, but he joins on a six-year contract with an option for a further year on top of that…<\/p>\n Palestra looks like a good prospect with a bright future, but Chelsea will have concerns about signing such a player again.<\/p>\n The 21-year-old has every chance of developing into a world-class full-back, but for now he’s just another prospect who lacks the experience this beleaguered CFC side desperately needs.<\/p>\n Many Chelsea supporters seem to be running out of patience with this project and would be reluctant to accept a deal like this, which could lead to the departure of the experienced Maro Gusto.<\/p>\n The paper suggests that Manchester City are interested in Chelsea’s French right-back and that the Palestra’s arrival could be linked to a sale for Gusto.<\/p>\n After a nightmarish season without a silver medal in the Premier League, finishing 10th, the west Londoners definitely need to change tack and bring in more players who can provide them with a silver medal soon.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fabrizio Romano gives major update on his move to Chelsea (Photo by Ryan Pierse\/Getty Images) Chelsea are reportedly close to signing Marco Palestra, who is due to undergo a medical with the Blues on Friday. Download the official CaughtOffSide app to get all the latest news and updates straight to your phone. above apple & […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49194,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[40],"class_list":["post-49193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49193","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=49193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}What does Marco Palestra’s transfer mean for Chelsea?<\/h2>\n