Fermín López: Chelsea does not give up and could improve their offer to sign him

Fermín López has become one of the most talked-about names these days at Can Barça. The reason? Chelsea's interest in signing him in the final stretch of this summer market. A move that has generated all kinds of speculations about the player from Huelva.

The Londoners plan to tempt the skillful attacking midfielder by attacking two fronts: the sporting one, where he would have been offered a project with greater playing opportunities —an argument perhaps questionable if one considers that in his demarcation the Blues have Cole Palmer—, and the economic one, where, as it was disclosed in El Partidazo de COPE, the English would be willing to double Fermín's salary, offering him about 15 M€ gross per year.

Chelsea's interest in Fermín López and Barcelona's position

Faced with this, with a blaugrana team open to selling only if the '16' expresses his desire to leave the culé team this summer —with a minimum exit price of 70 M€—, the decision to unlock the negotiation would be up to Fermín López. Now, the position of the player from Huelva, in the face of a crossroads of this type, seems more oriented towards permanence.

This is suggested by the sports newspaper SPORT, which asserts that the midfielder has conveyed to his closest circle his desire to continue wearing the blaugrana elastic, with the dream of consolidating himself as an undisputed starter in the first culé team and doing great things, regardless of how tempting the London proposal may be.

Chelsea willing to improve their offer to Fermín López

The same source states that, given the doubts of the player from El Campillo, the sports management of Chelsea would have approached his environment to convey a very clear message: they are willing to do everything possible to make him wear Blue this summer, even improving the initial conditions offered.

From here, we will have to wait if there is any variation in the soap opera Fermín López in the next few hours. Understanding that, although Barça does not plan to force his departure, if the player from Huelva, a declared lover of the club, decides to give himself the opportunity to join Stamford Bridge, the azulgranas could sit down to negotiate with the Lions a transfer that helps to direct the situation with the financial fair play and the 1:1 rule.

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Of course, the economic boost is comparable to the sporting damage that Barcelona would suffer by letting go of one of its great youth players, a player very much to the liking of Hansi Flick who, despite not being a starter, has always had playing opportunities. However, like any good player, it is understandable that he wants to earn a starting position, especially prior to a World Cup year.