Another transfer battle is brewing between Chelsea and Liverpool, with the Stamford Bridge club already leading 2-0 after twice blowing away their Premier League rivals in previous head-to-head chases for Moises Caicedo and Romeo Lavia.
The highest that Liverpool were willing to go in the summer of 2023 was £111million for Caicedo and £46m for Lavia. Chelsea won the pair with packages worth up to £115m and £58m at a time when they did not have any form of European football as a lure.
Now, Bournemouth’s 20-year-old centre back Dean Huijsen, who has a £50m release clause, is at the centre of a new transfer tussle as Chelsea and Liverpool, alongside others in England and Europe, have placed him high on their respective defensive shortlists.