Chelsea are weighing up a move for Arsenal’s Emile Smith Rowe before Friday’s transfer deadline – with Barcelona duo Raphinha and Ferran Torres also on the Blues’ radar
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Chelsea are considering a late move for Arsenal star Emile Smith Rowe and Barcelona pair Raphinha and Ferran Torres.
The Blues have already spent around £350million this summer and around £900m in total under big-spending chairman Todd Boehly since his arrival in May 2022.
Despite all these additions, the west London side look light going forwards.
And manager Mauricio Pochettino clearly wants to strengthen in attack before Friday’s transfer deadline.
And as reported in Monday’s Transfer Confidential column from Mail Sport’s transfer guru Simon Jones, Boehly, Pochettino and Co are weighing up imminent moves for Smith Rowe, Raphinha and Torres.
Interest is not particularly advanced but that trio are among the names being discussed by the Chelsea hierarchy at this stage.
Smith Rowe, 23, endured an injury-hit season in 2022-23 and has not yet played a single minute in the Premier League for the Gunners this campaign.
Ferran Torres has often been used as a backup to star striker Robert Lewandowski at the Nou Camp.
And Brazilian winger Raphinha, formerly of Leeds, has been dropped for 16-year-old wonderkid Lamine Yamal in recent weeks.
