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Chelsea are seriously interested in signing £35m defender who’s faster than Kylian Mbappe

Chelsea have a ‘serious’ interest in Fulham defender Antonee Robinson and could make a move to sign him this summer.

The Blues have spent a fortune on transfers since Todd Boehly bought the club, but it looks like they aren’t done yet. Chelsea are expected to have another big summer📖, and Robinson is said to be one of their key targets.

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Chelsea want to sign Antonee Robinson from Fulham

Chelsea spent an absolute fortune on Marc Cucurella in 2022, but it has to be said that the move 𝐆has not worked out for the Blues.

The Spaniard played regularly at the start💟 of the campaign. He was even used at right-back due to injuries, but he just couldn’t reproduce the quality he showed when he was at Brighton.

Cucurella is current🦩ly injured having undergone ankle surgery, and it looks like Chelsea are 𒆙now looking for a new left-back to potentially replace him.

claim this week that Fulham’s Antonee Robinson has emerged as a ‘serious’ target fo🃏r the Bluꦺes as they aim to bring in a backup for Ben Chilwell.

It has fu𒁃rther been revealed that Chelsea have been monitoring Robinson for over a year now, but Fulham aren’t too keen on letting him ওgo. The Blues, however, value him at £35 million and could make a move to sign him in the summer.

Robinson, who was linked with Liverpool in January, signed a new contract before the start of this season and that does not expire until the summer of 2028. That puts Fulham in a strꦜong position inꦇ potential transfer negotiations.

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Robinson could be a decent option for Chelsea

Ben Chilwell is the first-choice left-back at Chelsea, and 🔴that’s not going to change.

I𓄧f Cucurella is sold in the summer, the Blues will need to find a new backup for Chilwell, and Antonee Robinson would not 🌠be a bad option at all.

The Fulham defender has done really well over the last few years. He knows the Premier League, has good experience under his belt and is very quick too. He was faster than Kylian Mbappe at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar ().

As a backup, Robinson would be a good opt🐈ion, but whether Fulham will sell him to Chelsea this summer is anybody’🅺s guess.