Chelsea wants to sign Liverpool star, may offer 50 million pounds

A report claimed that Chelsea were surprisingly interested in signing Liverpool's Xavi Elliott, but they would face fierce competition from four other clubs if they wanted to get the talented midfielder.

In the era of Klopp's coaching, Elliott's importance in Liverpool has been increasing day by day. In his last season as a German coach, he played for the team in 53 games, contributing 4 goals and 14 assists, helping the team win the League Cup.

Klopp once highly praised Elliott, believing that he can be competent as a central defender and as a right winger.

However, under Klopp's successor, Arne Slott, Elliott seems to have lost his position as a key player.

Of course, Elliott is undoubtedly happy to win the Premier League championship with the team, and Slott's debut season in England was also brilliant.

But the all-round star rarely had a starting chance in Liverpool's key battle last season. In fact, in his 18 league appearances, he only played more than 45 minutes.

This young English player is currently playing in the U21 European Youth Championship with the team. He is facing a crossroads of his career because he needs stable playing time to ensure his continued growth.

This means that saying goodbye to Anfield in a difficult way this summer has become a very realistic possibility.

According to CaughtOffside, Premier League rival Chelsea is "keeping alert" about signing Elliott.

Chelsea is "suspecting closely" the situation and may launch an offensive against Elliott if they think the time is right.

The "Blue Army" has always been committed to attracting the top young geniuses around the world, and Elliot, who is only 22 years old, undoubtedly meets their requirements.

In fact, he was the youngest player in Premier League history. On Wednesday, he scored twice, sending England to the final of the U21 European Youth Championship.

Chelsea is open to Noni Maduaike in the sale, which may make room for Elliott to join as the team's new right winger. By then, he will mainly compete with Pedro Neto for a starting position at Stamford Bridge.

The report claims that Liverpool priced their Hope Star 50 million pounds (about €59 million/$69 million), but other media said his market price would be slightly lower, about £40 million (about €47 million/$55 million).

CaughtOffside added that Brighton, Aston Villa, Newcastle United and Dortmund also had a strong interest in Elliott.

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At present, Brighton "expresses the strongest interest" in Elliott. Previously, there was news on Sunday that "Seagull" had set him as the team's "key goal".

Brighton believes that former Liverpool veteran James Milner can convince Elliot to come to the American Express Community Stadium to reunite with him.

Liverpool highly praised the former Fulham genius, but after paying a huge transfer fee for Wilz, they were also "open to the sale of Elliott to recover funds.

Eliott was once optimistic that it would become part of the "player + cash" in the introduction of the Wilz deal, which would make him transfer to Leverkusen.

But in the end, Liverpool chose to directly break the team history record and signed Wilz. Now, Dortmund is the German club most likely to start negotiations with Elliott, but they must first defeat Chelsea and Brighton in this battle.

If Elliot eventually joins Chelsea, he will follow in the footsteps of seniors such as Fernando Torres, Daniel Sturridge and Raul Merreles, completing a transfer between the two Premier League giants.