Overview

• Chelsea have completed background checks on the 21-year-old winger and held talks to include Nicolas Jackson and Christopher Nkunku as part of a swap-plus deal.
• Manchester United have set a £45 million valuation for Garnacho and are prepared to sell him to raise funds for summer recruitments.
• Alejandro Garnacho is understood to favour a move to Chelsea in pursuit of regular first-team football and to bolster his Argentina World Cup prospects.
• Napoli’s interest in the winger stalled over United’s asking price, positioning Chelsea as the leading suitor ahead of the deadline.
• United plan to allocate any proceeds from a Garnacho sale toward securing RB Leipzig forward Benjamin Sesko.