{"id":8642,"date":"2026-07-25T22:25:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T22:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/?p=8642"},"modified":"2026-07-25T22:25:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T22:25:27","slug":"como-advance-26m-bid-for-chelsea-defender-trevoh-chalobah-ahead-of-champions-league-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/2026\/07\/25\/como-advance-26m-bid-for-chelsea-defender-trevoh-chalobah-ahead-of-champions-league-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Como Advance \u00a326m Bid for Chelsea Defender Trevoh Chalobah Ahead of Champions League Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Italian club Como have submitted an improved \u00a326 million bid for <a href=\"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/2026\/07\/23\/roma-open-inquiries-for-chelsea-defender-axel-disasi-ahead-of-summer-window\/\" class=\"auto-internal-link\" title=\"Roma Open Inquiries for Chelsea Defender Axel Disasi Ahead of Summer Window\">Chelsea<\/a> defender Trevoh Chalobah, with negotiations set to accelerate ahead of the upcoming season. The <a href=\"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/2026\/07\/23\/roma-open-inquiries-for-chelsea-defender-axel-disasi-ahead-of-summer-window\/\" class=\"auto-internal-link\" title=\"Roma Open Inquiries for Chelsea Defender Axel Disasi Ahead of Summer Window\">Serie A<\/a> side, managed by former Chelsea midfielder Cesc Fabregas, are making a sustained push to secure the 27-year-old center-back after having an earlier offer exceeding \u00a322 million turned down by the West London club.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea are seeking a package closer to \u00a330 million with an additional \u00a35 million in performance-related add-ons for the English defender, according to reports from talkSPORT and transfer journalist Ben Jacobs. From a financial standpoint, selling a Cobham academy graduate provides significant accounting leverage for Chelsea under the Premier League&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Profitability and Sustainability Rules<\/a>. Transfers originating from youth academies are recorded as immediate pure profit on club ledgers, offering balance-sheet flexibility as <a href=\"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/2026\/07\/23\/roma-open-inquiries-for-chelsea-defender-axel-disasi-ahead-of-summer-window\/\" class=\"auto-internal-link\" title=\"Roma Open Inquiries for Chelsea Defender Axel Disasi Ahead of Summer Window\">Stamford Bridge<\/a> officials continue to sanction incoming investment.<\/p>\n<p>The potential departure comes as Chelsea prepare to finalize a deal for Crystal Palace defender Maxence Lacroix, which is expected to surpass \u00a355 million. The prospective arrival of Lacroix would further compress defensive rotation options under manager <a href=\"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/2026\/07\/22\/chelsea-shatter-british-transfer-record-with-117m-signing-of-morgan-rogers\/\" class=\"auto-internal-link\" title=\"Chelsea Shatter British Transfer Record with \u00a3117m Signing of Morgan Rogers\">Xabi Alonso<\/a>, accelerating Chelsea\u2019s willingness to consider bids for established squad members.<\/p>\n<p>For Como, the pursuit reflects an ambitious recruitment drive following a historic campaign in which Fabregas guided the Lombardy-based club to a fourth-place finish in Serie A, earning qualification for their first-ever UEFA <a href=\"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/2026\/07\/22\/phil-foden-signs-four-year-manchester-city-extension-to-anchor-enzo-maresca-era\/\" class=\"auto-internal-link\" title=\"Phil Foden Signs Four-Year Manchester City Extension to Anchor Enzo Maresca Era\">Champions League<\/a> campaign. Fabregas, who shared a dressing room with Chalobah at Stamford Bridge when the defender signed his initial professional contract in 2018, has identified his former clubmate as a core target. Como previously leveraged similar Stamford Bridge ties to complete the permanent signing of forward Alvaro Morata.<\/p>\n<p>Chalobah is coming off a landmark individual year in which he logged 47 appearances across all competitions\u2014his highest single-season output for Chelsea\u2014and scored two goals. His consistency during a challenging 2025\/26 campaign earned him a late World Cup call-up for England. Having joined Chelsea at age eight, Chalobah signed a long-term contract in 2022 that runs for two more years, with an option to extend for an additional 12 months.<\/p>\n<div class=\"related-news-box\">\n<h3 class=\"related-news-title\">Read also:<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"related_news_list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/2026\/07\/25\/abdukodir-khusanov-signs-new-five-year-manchester-city-contract-until-2031\/\">Abdukodir Khusanov signs new five-year Manchester City contract until 2031<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/2026\/07\/25\/tottenham-hotspur-join-five-club-premier-league-race-for-bournemouth-midfielder-alex-scott\/\">Tottenham Hotspur Join Five-Club Premier League Race for Bournemouth Midfielder Alex Scott<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/2026\/07\/25\/barcelona-target-loan-exit-for-jofre-torrents-as-ajax-and-racing-lead-race\/\">Barcelona Target Loan Exit for Jofre Torrents as Ajax and Racing Lead Race<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Italian club Como have submitted an improved \u00a326 million bid for Chelsea defender Trevoh Chalobah, with negotiations set to accelerate ahead of the upcoming season. The Serie A side, managed by former Chelsea midfielder Cesc Fabregas, are making a sustained push to secure the 27-year-old center-back after having an earlier offer exceeding \u00a322 million turned &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8644,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[11433,11431,461,342,11432,430,358,5062,3982,431,1430,5063,457],"class_list":["post-8642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-alvaro-morata","tag-cesc-fabregas","tag-champions-league","tag-chelsea","tag-cobham","tag-como","tag-crystal-palace","tag-maxence-lacroix","tag-profitability-and-sustainability-rules","tag-serie-a","tag-stamford-bridge","tag-trevoh-chalobah","tag-xabi-alonso"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8642"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8642\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8646,"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8642\/revisions\/8646"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}