According to reports, the London giants were convinced they had finally agreed on a new five-year deal with Andreas Christensen, only for ...
According to reports, the London giants were convinced they had finally agreed on a new five-year deal with Andreas Christensen, only for the centre-back to demand a last-minute change to the terms.
Denmark international has been a mainstay of Chelsea’s back-line under the German manager, but there are fears he could leave the Blues with his deal ready to expire next summer.
The Blues have been locked in negotiations over an extension and are running out of time to secure his long-term future, with Andreas free to speak with foreign teams from January onwards. The Blues’ hierarchy thought they had, at last, made a breakthrough in talks and were on the verge of getting the defender to commit to a new contract.
The 25-year-old defender was set to land a bumper pay rise and put pen to paper on a five-year deal, with everything agreed, only for the ‘goalposts to be changed’ at the last minute.
Christensen’s agent initially made a series of eleventh-hour adjustments, most of which were minor, before demanding that the deal be reduced from five years down to only three.
That proposal ‘stunned’ the Blues, who were absolutely unwilling to agree to a relatively short contract for a footballer entering his prime years, while they would practically need to begin negotiating new terms again almost immediately.
The length of the deal is now the major stumbling block in talks, with the Blues unwilling to back down from their original five-year proposal, and if they cannot find a compromise, then the Danish defender will almost certainly leave Stamford Bridge on a free transfer.
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