Chelsea
have rejected outright a £30m bid from Brighton to sign Levi Colwill
permanently.
Chelsea have no plans to sell the young centre-back this summer. The bid was
equal to Brighton's club-record signing Joao Pedro, who has already joined
from Watford.
Colwill impressed on loan at Brighton last season - but it looks as though
new Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino has him in his plans.
He is widely considered by coaches and scouts to be emerging as the best
young left-footed English centre-back.
Manchester City hold initial Kovacic talks
with Chelsea
Meanwhile, Manchester City have held initial talks with Chelsea over the
signing of midfielder Mateo Kovacic.
As yet, there has been no formal offer.
Kovacic's contract is up next summer and discussions have taken place
between City and the player's representatives.
The 29-year-old midfielder started 27 of 50 matches this season, although
the Croatian missed eight games due to injury or illness.
Pep Guardiola would appear to be assessing his midfield options with Ilkay
Gundogan out of contract this summer amid interest from Barcelona.
Kalvin Phillips, who joined from Leeds United for £45m last summer, has only
started two Premier League games.
Chelsea need to sell players this summer to trim their squad and comply with
FFP rules after their failure to qualify for Europe.
Milan in talks with Chelsea for
Loftus-Cheek
AC Milan are in talks with Chelsea over the signing of midfielder Ruben
Loftus-Cheek.
Loftus-Cheek has one year left on his contract at Stamford Bridge but has
the option to extend that by a further year.
The 27-year-old appeared to say goodbye to the fans when he was substituted
during Chelsea's final-day 1-1 draw with Newcastle on Sunday.
Summer transfer window 2023: All you need
to know
The summer transfer window opens on Wednesday June 14 for all clubs in
England and Scotland.
Despite the domestic window opening on June 14, clubs will not able to sign
players based overseas until the international window opens on Saturday July
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