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Chelsea <\/a>have picked Benfica <\/a>centre-back Tomas Araujo as one of their top targets ahead of the January transfer window, according to reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Blues are eager to strengthen their defensive options and asked questions about Araujo\u2019s availability over the summer, but Benfica were unwilling to let him go. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Chelsea have not given up on signing the 22-year-old talent, who started four out of his team\u2019s six league matches so far this campaign. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Transfer journalist Fabrizio Romano reports that Chelsea want to sign a new centre-back in January and Araujo is at the top of their list. They also want RB Leipzig\u2019s Castello Lukeba. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnother player being linked with Chelsea is RB Leipzig\u2019s talented centre-back Castello Lukeba. The 21-year-old is one of the most talented young defenders in Europe, for sure, and he\u2019s been linked with some French clubs as well as with Chelsea, but what I can for the moment is that there is no concrete negotiation and no concrete talks taking place,\u201d Romano wrote on his Daily Briefing Column. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLeipzig recently sold Mohamed Simakan, so for another key defender to move on it would have to be a crazy proposal. Chelsea are following many centre-backs, so Lukeba is one of many players they\u2019ve been monitoring, which is absolutely normal, just like with Tomas Araujo at Benfica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAraujo in particular is a player Chelsea really like, and they tried for him in the final weeks of the summer transfer window. At that time, Benfica didn\u2019t want to sell the player, but he remains someone on Chelsea\u2019s radar, and they are also scouting Lukeba, but at this moment it\u2019s too early to predict where he\u2019s going.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chelsea have picked Benfica centre-back Tomas Araujo as one of their top targets ahead of the January transfer window, according to reports. The Blues are eager to strengthen their defensive options and asked questions about Araujo\u2019s availability over the summer, but Benfica were unwilling to let him go.  But Chelsea have not given up on signing the 22-year-old talent, who started four out of his team\u2019s six league matches so far this campaign.  Transfer journalist Fabrizio Romano reports that Chelsea want to sign a new centre-back in January and Araujo is at the top of their list. They also want RB Leipzig\u2019s Castello Lukeba.  \u201cAnother player being linked with Chelsea is RB Leipzig\u2019s talented centre-back Castello Lukeba. The 21-year-old is one of the most talented young defenders in Europe, for sure, and he\u2019s been linked with some French clubs as well as with Chelsea, but what I can for the moment is that there is no concrete negotiation and no concrete talks taking place,\u201d Romano wrote on his Daily Briefing Column.  \u201cLeipzig recently sold Mohamed Simakan, so for another key defender to move on it would have to be a crazy proposal. Chelsea are following many centre-backs, so Lukeba is one of many players they\u2019ve been monitoring, which is absolutely normal, just like with Tomas Araujo at Benfica. \u201cAraujo in particular is a player Chelsea really like, and they tried for him in the final weeks of the summer transfer window. At that time, Benfica didn\u2019t want to sell the player, but he remains someone on Chelsea\u2019s radar, and they are also scouting Lukeba, but at this moment it\u2019s too early to predict where he\u2019s going.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22885,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,159,218],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","category-football-news","category-premier-league-football-news"],"yoast_head":"\nChelsea \u201creally like\u2019\u2019 Benfica star Tomas Araujo - Matchplug Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Chelsea have shown interest in Benfica star Tomas Araujo, with the Blues gunning to sign him to the side in January.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/chelsea-really-like-benfica-star-tomas-araujo-as-fabrizio-romano-discloses-transfer-plans\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chelsea \u201creally like\u2019\u2019 Benfica star Tomas Araujo - 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