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title: "Journalist expects Chelsea to seal deal for Premier League man this summer"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/journalist-expects-chelsea-to-seal-deal-for-premier-league-man-this-summer/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Jonny Gorrie"
section: "Chelsea Football Club"
published: "2017-07-25T19:05:34Z"
modified: "2017-07-25T19:05:34Z"
---

# Journalist expects Chelsea to seal deal for Premier League man this summer

**The recent club record signing of Alvaro Morata has had the Chelsea fans in the Transfer Tavern dreaming of a Premier League title defence under Antonio Conte.**

While the summer window proved rather slow at times for the Blues in the bar, few would doubt the fact that the Spaniard really is an impressive signing, boasting a trophy-laden CV following his spells with Juventus and Real Madrid.

Still, the [seemingly imminent departure](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/antonio-conte-told-chelsea-outcast-10844179) of Diego Costa has meant many of our west London locals are keen to see another striker brought in. Though Michy Batshuayi is a popular figure amongst our drinkers, the fact that only Loic Remy backs up the pair as things stand worries them somewhat.

With that in mind, comments from [Bleacher Report’s Dean Jones](https://twitter.com/DeanJonesBR/status/889757818160545792) have proved rather promising. He’s revealed that he expects a deal to bring Swansea City striker Fernando Llorente to Stamford Bridge to go through.

> Have said before that I expect Llorente to join Chelsea this summer and still think it'll go ahead. Surely Batshuayi deserves a chance tho
>
> — Dean Jones (@DeanJonesSoccer) [July 25, 2017](https://twitter.com/DeanJonesSoccer/status/889757818160545792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

The World Cup winner – who helped fire the Swans to Premier League safety last term – worked with both Conte and Morata at Juventus and has been [touted](https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/transfers/chelsea-transfer-news-alvaro-morata-antonio-conte-fernando-llorente-christian-benteke-a7852916.html) as a target. While the Welsh outfit are not [thought](https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/transfers/chelsea-transfer-news-alvaro-morata-antonio-conte-fernando-llorente-christian-benteke-a7852916.html) to want to sell, Jones [says](https://twitter.com/DeanJonesBR/status/889757818160545792) he thinks the deal will happen.

As you can imagine, considering his performances last term, our resident Chelsea fans are delighted.

**Thoughts?**