Fabrizio Romano confirms that Fofana and Casadei could be thrown in for a strange Chelsea transfer.

 Fabrizio Romano confirms that Fofana and Casadei could be thrown in for a strange Chelsea transfer.

Romano claims Fofana and Casadei could be thrown in for a strange Chelsea transfer.

As of yesterday afternoon, the hottest deal around Chelsea is the potential arrival of one of our new manager’s old favorites.

Kiernan Dewsbury Hall was a key piece of Enzo Maresca’s Leicester team, which won the Championship last season, and now the rumors are that the Italian coach wants to bring the midfielder with him to Stamford Bridge.

Today, Fabrizio Romano has added further detail to the story. He claimed that the deal developing between Leicester and Brighton is “set to collapse” after Chelsea’s interest became clear.

It’s also noted that Chelsea, for their part, “want to include players in the deal,” something we hear almost every time a purchase is suggested at the moment. We’re not yet sure who that would be exactly, but there is no shortage of fringe players accumulated in the last couple of years with whom we can imagine the Blues would happily shuffle along without realizing a loss.

Romano has suggested that David Fofana and Cesare Casadei would be prime targets, which makes sense to us given they don’t have a natural place in our squad next season anyway.