Chelsea have been busy in the transfer market this summer and after wrapping up deals for Joao Pedro and Liam Delap, the Blues are set to cash in on one of their goalkeepers
Djordje Petrovic is set to remain in the Premier League with the Serbian goalkeeper set to join Sunderland in a transfer which will net Chelsea a cool £21.5m.
Petrovic, 25, caught the eye on loan with the Blues' sister team, Strasbourg, in France last year and is keen to get out and play regular football rather than return to Stamford Bridge, with Chelsea already being linked with several keepers this summer.
The Serbia international was left out of the Blues squad for the Club World Cup in order to seek a move ahead of the new season for that reason.
And Petrovic is set to find a new home with Sunderland pushing to get a deal done for the former New England Revolution star.
As reported by The Telegraph, Sunderland are close to sealing a £21.5m swoop to bring Petrovic in following their promotion via the Championship play-offs back in May.
Should they get a deal over the line with Chelsea, Petrovic would become the latest big-money addition to join the Black Cats, who are splashing the cash in an attempt to survive next season.
They are also closing in on a £17.3m deal for the Saint-Gilloise midfielder, Noah Sadicki, who underwent a medical on Wednesday. They have already wrapped a permanent deal for loan star Enzo Le Fee and signed Habib Diarra for a club-record fee.
Petrovic will compete with Anthony Patterson for the No.1 berth at the Stadium of Light.
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He originally signed for Chelsea two years ago and made 31 first-team appearances under Mauricio Pochettino during his maiden season at Stamford Bridge. But Robert Sanchez has since been installed as the Blues' first-choice keeper under Enzo Maresca, with Filip Jorgensen and Mike Penders also in the building.
Chelsea attempted to sign Mike Maignan from AC Milan before the Club World Cup before talks with the Italian giants over a switch for the Frenchman broke down.
It remains to be seen if they will rekindle that interest - or target another keeper - before the start of the new season, though reports since have indicated that Maresca is content with his current goalkeeping options.
Pubabeipry
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please I need someone to knock some sense into that our manager's head
Manager has nothing to say anymore, the new owners are running a business
akpchoichinho001
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our manager needs a knock to get a reset in that brain of his ... Sanchez is not a quality number one goal keeper and we don't need a new goalie when we've got two to three young goalie whom are better than Sanchez
rechaibramovochibrah
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i think this is best team
popacioprt
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please I need someone to knock some sense into that our manager's head
zocbeimnrz
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seel Sanchez and leave petrovic nonsense
piocelprsu
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mmmmm why my petrovic please but more money its a problem also
Biodilmnyz
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Coach Maresca is enough enough why cant you add him to team because you don’t want him and you don’t like him to be in your team, foolish coach like you
Marcel17
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一-Maresca is an idiot dat doesn't know wat he wants...hw can you sell petrovic nd leave sanchez as ur 1st choice...i wish d stupid coach will be sacked.. a keeper cost us every match still yu dnt want to drop him.
Yuwabilnr
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upon all their signing they are not thinking of buying a left back
What position does cucurella play then.
winx
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keep him
bonacekloz
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jicdeiopsz
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upon all their signing they are not thinking of buying a left back
i think it's because cowell can play there
Mozah
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This guy is better than Sanchez
Dipadkmsz
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If any goalkeeper deserves to be sold, it should be Sanchez, and not Petrovic
MarshallHerbertMil
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this coach and the management are just illusions and hallucinates because they're always blind by money, what the rubbish 😡 ideas of selling Petrovic, this issue stinks and sucks
Babaloruz
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that's silly mistakes that will make the coach to regret later on trust me petrovic is better than Sanchez
liuaktuy
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my club is going back to that ways of arsene Wenger style of buying young player and then selling them to make profit
liuaktuy
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all I know when is that when James pick up form they will sell him, that the idea to sell academy player even chalobah is on the market
liuaktuy
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upon all their signing they are not thinking of buying a left back
liuaktuy
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since marina an peter Chech left our transfer has always been rubbish
liuaktuy
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the game is no longer a game but a business
liuaktuy
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my team is a ducking peace of shit
Jupbdempru
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Maresca is an idiot
tutekntuz
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Sanchez right now when he heard this news
bonbdkotu
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I never see mumu club like Chelsea Go and sell Sanchez and leave petrovic 🤦♀️
Fekkmopt
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Coach should think twice before go ahead of selling Petrovic, i dont know what he see on Sanchez
Iffy106
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Chelsea with baddest transfer
Vaaaeimnty
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petrovic is good than sachez
cinclopsy
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Agree
yasbeiknop
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keeping sancheze is madness
Hanbclsty
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Why always Chelsea sign player with high price and sell there own players in lower price
on this one they did make profit cause they did bought him for 12,5
Laskawill
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I now agreed they're in this club for business. bunch of thieves as heads
Did anyone steal your money?
Oreste82
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Please don't sell😭😭😭, Fuckkkkk you Chelsea
fiscelorsu
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I now agreed they're in this club for business. bunch of thieves as heads
cinclopsy
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agree
Wepdnorty
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Why always Chelsea sign player with high price and sell there own players in lower price
This worries me a lot... I have been seeking answers to this question for a very long time.
teuelnsuyz
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Chelsea please🙏 don’t sell PETROVIC is a good keeper
teuelnsuyz
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Why Chelsea want to sell this good goalie instead of Sanchez
Abatism
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Most of us thinking Maresca will just sell Sanchez like that may be wasting our precious time. Up till now, he could not differentiate a better goalkeeper between Jorgensen whom he brought and Sanchez that he inherited. He kept gambling with the defense line while overloading the frontline with strikers and also overlooking additions to bring in another world class player as a defensive midfielder. Chelsea have been banking on luck and great support from the supporters to move forward. To comfortably defeat teams like Arsenal, Man Utd, Man City, Liverpool and other few stubborn teams, you must have grownup players with viable experience to weather the storms. That is still missing right now and must be adjusted before it is too late. If Enzo is the new Lampard, who is the new John Terry? Any Petre Cech? No! Maresca must wake up!
ismab1000
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Why always Chelsea sign player with high price and sell there own players in lower price
Ziddeimpy
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petrovic should be number One goal keeper because he is better than that s called sanchez
puheklmtz
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Chelsea will be the most stupid club to sell Petrovic
Modacimnou
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petrovic is far better than Sanchez
vedablnrtu
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mad people sale good keeper and keeping flop sanches some Italian coach are flop by thinking
wamablmpt
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Let petrovic be our number one goal keeper we Chelsea knows that Sanchez is a flop in our team. Sell Sanchez and make petrovic our first choice
neucinruyz
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From the look of things, I don't think Chelsea coach like Petrovic, for me he is better than all of our current goalkeepers, he puts up a brilliant performance this gone season on loan.
I perfectly agree with you
olubukolaemmanuel
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why Chelsea board and manager are so ridiculous,this is a downgrade to petrovic personality
Kudbiknop
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From the look of things, I don't think Chelsea coach like Petrovic, for me he is better than all of our current goalkeepers, he puts up a brilliant performance this gone season on loan.
wonaceostz
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This guy is better than Sanchez to me, if we let him go surely chelsea will regret
KentYoMbeg
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let petrovic be our number one first choice goal keeper