Chelsea ready to swap Timo Werner or Christian Pulisic to secure Matthijs de Ligt from Juventus - Paper Round

Chelsea in talks for De Ligt Chelsea continue negotiations for Juventus central defender Matthijs de Ligt. The Netherlands international has a released clause of around £103 million but the Telegraph suggests that a player swap will form part of the arrangement.

Going the other way could be Timo Werner or Christian Pulisic, and separately Chelsea want to bring back Nathan Ake from Manchester City. Ad/> /> TransfersBarca attempt to hijack Chelsea’s move for Raphinha with late cash injection – Paper RoundYESTERDAY AT 22:12 Paper Round’s view: Losing Antonio Rudiger and Andreas Christensen while replacing them with Ake and De Ligt would represent a potential upgrade on the pairing, even if Rudiger is at the top of his game.

Unfortunately for both Pulisic and Werner, neither of them have made the Premier League their own and moving one of them on would solve a problem at Stamford Bridge. Read the full story Xavi continues Barcelona rebuild The Mirror reports that four players have been told that they can leave Barcelona this summer, and that they are not needed for first team training this pre-season.

Xavi Hernandez has told homegrown pair Oscar Mingueza and Riqui Puig that they can move on, with contracts that expire next summer, while Martin Braithwaite and Samuel Umtiti are also surplus to requirements. /> Paper Round’s view: Braithwaite was a stopgap solution who was not needed beyond the end of the first season he arrived, while Umtiti’s new contract might have made some kind of sense when agreed.

However neither of them have an easy way back to the first team, and both Mingueza and Puig need to leave in order to get regular football at this stage of their career. Read the full story Pogba set for Juve switch The Sun