Chelsea enter Evan Ferguson race with Blues ready to beat Graham Potter to £40m-rated Brighton star transfer

CHELSEA person joined the contention for Brighton striker Evan Ferguson.

The Blues person considered moves for Ferguson successful the past and are present rivalling West Ham and Everton for a woody earlier Monday's deadline.

West Ham person been assured implicit a indebtedness woody for the Irishman - who is acceptable to beryllium named successful the Seagulls squad for the archetypal clip since December tomorrow.

But immoderate determination from the Hammers could beryllium undone if Chelsea oregon Everton connection superior wealth for Ferguson.

Brighton are prepared to fto the striker permission permanently if the wealth is right, with the southbound seashore broadside valuing him astatine much than £40million.

It is not wide whether Chelsea would determination for a imperishable woody present oregon look astatine a indebtedness with an obligation.

Enzo Maresca wants to adhd contention for Nicolas Jackson this month.

While Christopher Nkunku's aboriginal remains unclear amid involvement from Bayern Munich.

The Blues person besides told Everton that they volition not beryllium recalling Armando Broja from his injury-disrupted indebtedness astatine Goodison Park.

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Ferguson joined the Seagulls successful 2021 and enjoyed a breakthrough play a twelvemonth aboriginal connected the South Coast.

But he's endured a pugnacious clip implicit the past 2 years, including a 33-game goalless streak that yet ended past October.

Brighton brag Fabian Hurzeler has indicated helium wants the striker to stay astatine the club.

But helium admitted Ferguson's tendency for first-team shot could spot him leave.

Hurzeler said earlier this week: "I privation to support moving with him.

“But similar I’ve ever said, it’s important to sermon with him what is important for the idiosyncratic improvement of the subordinate due to the fact that that’s the main happening from the club.

"We privation to amended the improvement of the players, we privation to assistance them and truthful we request an exchange.

“Then we’ll spot what makes consciousness for the subordinate [over] the adjacent six months, what makes consciousness for the nine and past we volition marque a determination together.

"It won’t beryllium an idiosyncratic decision, ever a togetherness.

"I’ve felt successful the conversations I’ve had with Evan that helium lone wants to play, that’s his main thing, nary substance if it’s present oregon for different club."