{"id":9266,"date":"2022-02-12T09:03:56","date_gmt":"2022-02-12T14:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/02\/12\/chelsea-defender-has-agreement-in-principle-with-european-giants-for-summer-move\/"},"modified":"2022-02-12T09:03:56","modified_gmt":"2022-02-12T14:03:56","slug":"chelsea-defender-has-agreement-in-principle-with-european-giants-for-summer-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/02\/12\/chelsea-defender-has-agreement-in-principle-with-european-giants-for-summer-move\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea defender has \u2018agreement in principle\u2019 with European giants for summer move"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chelsea defender Cesar Azpilicueta has an \u2018agreement in principle\u2019 with Catalan giants Barcelona to join them as a free agent in the summer, according to Spanish media.<\/p>\n

Sport.es<\/a> report that \u2018all paths are leading to Camp Nou for Cesar Azpilicueta\u2019, while former teammate and compatriot Cesc Fabregas told Gerard Romero \u2018Azpi to Barca, they\u2019re saying it\u2019s almost done\u2019 in an interview on Twitch<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Azpilicueta himself, who is looking to complete the swoop of every major domestic trophy available to him with a win in the Club World Cup final, remained tight-lipped on the situation.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\n\"Chelsea<\/p>\n

LONDON, ENGLAND \u2013 JANUARY 23: Ryan Sessegnon of Tottenham Hotspur gets away from Cesar Azpilicueta of Chelsea during the Premier League match between Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur at Stamford Bridge on January 23, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by Clive Mason\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Ahead of the semi-final against Al-Hilal, which Chelsea scraped through by a 1-0 scoreline, he told media<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u2018We are one day before the semi-final of the tournament.<\/p>\n

\u2018Of course, I arrived in the summer of 2012 and I didn\u2019t have kids. My kids were born in London and you know how I feel about Chelsea.<\/p>\n

\u2018But I am not going to comment on my future.\u2019<\/p>\n

However, Chelsea\u2019s policy of not offering long contracts to players over 30 years old is well-known. It was this that saw Willian swap west London for the Emirates stadium, where Arsenal were willing to offer the Brazilian a three year deal and a fateful spell in north London.<\/p>\n

Could Christensen follow?<\/h2>\n

And one free arrival in Catalonia could quickly be followed by another, with reports continuing to link Andreas Christensen with a move to Barcelona once his contract expires in June.<\/p>\n

As per the same report, the Blaugrana are continuing to discuss a contract deal with the Danish star, who recently marked a decade in Chelsea blue. However, it could be set to come to an end with the 25-year-old yet to agree new terms with Thomas Tuchel\u2019s side, and set to depart.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\n\"Chelsea<\/p>\n

Andreas Christensen of Chelsea during the Premier League match between Manchester City and Chelsea at Etihad Stadium on May 8, 2021 in Manchester, United Kingdom. . (Photo by Matthew Ashton \u2013 AMA\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

It would prove a brilliant coup for cash strapped Barca.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chelsea defender Cesar Azpilicueta has an \u2018agreement in principle\u2019 with Catalan giants Barcelona to join them as a free agent in the summer, according to Spanish media. Sport.es report that \u2018all paths are leading to Camp Nou for Cesar Azpilicueta\u2019, while former teammate and compatriot Cesc Fabregas told Gerard Romero \u2018Azpi to Barca, they\u2019re saying […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-9266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9266\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}