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Chelsea’s dream midfield options with Dewsbury-Hall and Gray

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Chelsea’s dream midfield options with Dewsbury-Hall and Gray

Chelsea are eyeing up moves for Leicester’s Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Leeds’ Archie Gray as Enzo Maresca tries to strengthen his squad in the summer transfer window.

Dewsbury-Hall, 25, worked with Maresca last season and was a star performer as the Foxes earned promotion straight back to the Premier League, while Gray, 18, emerged as one of the most promising players in the Championship and won the Young Player of the Season after impressing for Leeds.




However, Leicester and Leeds have financial issues to figure out, and Chelsea have expressed an interest in both Dewsbury-Hall and Gray without making a formal offer for either player, as per the Telegraph.

Brighton had been at the front of the queue to sign Dewsbury-Hall and it was reported that the Seagulls had agreed a player-plus-cash deal with Leicester on Thursday. That would have seen Jakub Moder move to the King Power Stadium with Dewsbury-Hall moving in the other direction.

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But Chelsea’s interest could now derail the move with one report suggesting that Dewsbury-Hall only wants to move to Stamford Bridge if he is to leave Leicester this summer. The Shepshed-born midfielder scored 12 goals and added 14 assists in 44 Championship appearances last season and is valued at around £40million.

As for Gray, he made his senior debut for Leeds on the opening game of the season against Cardiff and remained as part of Daniel Farke’s squad for the rest of the season, featuring 52 times in all competitions. It has been claimed that Leeds would want in excess of £30m to even start entertaining offers for the teenager.

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