As Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim looks to strengthen his squad, INEOS are expected to offload several players to fund new signings.With United having only £125 million to spend this

Essugo, 20, has been on loan at La Liga side Las Palmas this season. He will join Chelsea for the Club World Cup and is expected to back up Moises Caicedo.

Chelsea have confirmed the signing of 20-year-old midfielder Dário Essugo from Sporting CP. ESPN reported in March that Chelsea had reached an agreement to sign Sporting's Geovany Quenda and Essugo in a joint deal worth up to €74.4 million ($81.15 million). He has signed a contract that expires at the end of the 2032-33 season.

Chelsea, meanwhile, are well stocked in defence but were forced to recall Trevoh Chalobah from his Crystal Palace loan in January. Enzo Maresca has Wesley Fofana, Levi Colwill, Tosin Adarabioyo and Benoît Badiashile to call upon, but there’s a sense that the club could oversee a personnel switch this summer.

The transfer was agreed in March, alongside the signing of winger Geovany Quenda, who will move to Stamford Bridge at the end of the 2025-26 campaign. He will join Chelsea for the Club World Cup and is expected to back up Moises Caicedo.

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Chelsea won the Conference League after beating Real Betis 4-1 in Wednesday’s final in Wroclaw, Poland. The Blues got off to a sluggish start and were second best throughout the opening 45 minutes, but a rousing second half turned things around for the English side.

"The good thing about Liam is he still has a lot of developing to do. He still has a lot of improvement to do in his all round game so it is exciting times for him."

On a night when Chelsea desperately needed inspiration, it came – as it had so often during the first half of their season – from Cole Palmer. Trailing 1-0 at halftime to Real Betis in the UEFA Europa Conference League final,