“Very tense situation”: Chelsea might soon hijack on PSG’s deal to sign a £43 million forward.

Chelsea may soon have the opportunity to sign Bradley Barcola – although PSG have already agreed personal terms with the Lyon striker.

This is according to Fabrizio Romano.

What’s the news on Chelsea target Bradley Barcola? We’ll take a look…

What’s the story?

Well, the stalwart Italy reporter believes Chelsea may soon have the chance to sign the precocious France Under-21 international. Romano believes Barcola agreed to join PSG in June after signing Jorge Mendes as his agent and negotiations between all parties had reached an advanced stage.

However, Lyon are now changing their asking price – Foot Mercato estimate it to be €50m (£43m) – which has made PSG “very nervous” about the situation.

Romano told Caught Offside: “Chelsea are interested in this fantastic talent from Lyon but at the moment the player is prioritizing PSG.” When the player changed agents in June and was replaced by Jorge Mendes, personal ties with PSG grew considerably. Barcola said yes to PSG and so the clubs started to negotiate. “However, as far as I understand now, PSG are very nervous about the situation. They are not happy at all, it is a very tense situation.

“PSG are not happy because they believe that Lyon keep changing their asking price: one day it’s a number, the next day another number. The player wants to go to PSG, but Lyon make it very difficult, so things are complicated between clubs. One to watch as it could offer an opportunity for other clubs like Chelsea to enter the race.”

Chelsea should make a bid to escalate the Bradley Barcola saga as PSG grow nervous

In our opinion Chelsea should strengthen their interest with a concrete offer. Lyon appear reluctant to sell to PSG – presumably because they are rivals in Ligue 1 – so if Chelsea make a respectable offer, the French outfit could happily do business with the Blues.

After all, according to Football London, Chelsea and Lyon have a strong relationship following the signing of Malo Gusto in January.

Romano also said Chelsea are prioritizing a creative number 10 who can also operate broadly.

Interestingly, Barcola fits that profile, so we’d recommend keeping an eye on him as we approach the final nine days of the summer transfer window.

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Moises Caicedo was given excuse after terrible cameo debut in Chelsea loss to West Ham

The 21-year-old will not want to see his Blues debut back anytime soon.

After a shocking 37 minutes for his new team in a 3-1 loss to West Ham at the London Stadium, Chelsea midfielder Moises Caicedo has been given a lifeline.

In the final seconds of the second half, the midfielder gave away a penalty that allowed the Irons to win the game thanks to Lucas Paqueta, making it the worst possible start to his time with the Blues.

Chelsea, Brighton, and Liverpool had been negotiating for the Ecuadorian international for several months, but Mauricio Pochettino’s team ultimately prevailed after it appeared that Jurgen Klopp’s team might have snuck in with a last-minute £110 million offer.

However, he finally left the Seagulls for Chelsea last Monday for a British record fee of £115 million, and fans questioned whether a week of training with the team would be enough to earn him a starting spot against David Moyes’ team.

It appeared as though Sunday could be the start of the 21-year-old’s dream career when he was joined by former Southampton star Romeo Lavia as new midfield prospects for the team. But it wasn’t to be.

West Ham took the lead twice after Carney Chukwuemeka’s first-half goal, thanks to goals from Nayef Aguerd and Michail Antonio, but Caicedo’s substitution of vice captain Ben Chilwell appeared to further disrupt the Blues’ formation and cohesiveness.

The second half was painful to watch as Chelsea moved the ball around carelessly and erratically, leading to Caicedo’s defensive error in the end.

In addition to the penalty, he also committed eight separate turnovers of the ball and two fouls, all while teammates’ fans mocked him online.

Jamie Redknapp, a Sky Sports analyst, attributes those errors to a lack of recent playing time prior to joining the Blues and thinks his future in a Blue shirt will be much brighter.

Redknapp said, “We have the luxury of hindsight [on Pochettino’s substitutions], but perhaps using someone to release into midfield and maybe bringing Conor Gallagher and bringing [Moises] Caicedo in. However, when you speak to the stats guys here, he has not played for 60 days, and you can see that rustiness because he gives the penalty away.

“Only the manager can see how he has trained; he is new to the club and may have felt he wasn’t ready for 45 minutes yet, but he will improve because it can only get better after giving up a penalty on your debut.

“However, there were some aspects that they simply could not master in the second half despite having played very well in the first. “.