By Benjamin Newman
Chelsea & Barcelona
The season could still get better for Chelsea.
Having wrapped up the Premier League title a few weeks ago, the Blues completed their EPL campaign with a 5-1 win over Sunderland last weekend.
Antonio Conte will be hoping to lay his hands on a second trophy this weekend as the Blues take on Arsenal at Wembley in the FA Cup final.
Will the Italian end up doing the domestic double?
At the same time, rumours have popped up in Spain linking FC Barcelona with one of Chelsea’s most important players.
What’s the story?
Only one Chelsea player played every single minute of the Blues’ EPL campaign in 2016-17: Spanish international Cesar Azpilicueta.
That’s recently lead to claims that the versatile defender could swap Stamford Bridge for the Camp Nou, and on Tuesday Marca have extracted quotes from the Blues star on a possible return to his homeland.
Azpilicueta shrugged off the speculation as follows:
It’s a compliment that a club like Barca can be interested in you. Last year, after a bad season on a collective level, we did not have those types of rumours.
This year, however, we have been proclaimed champions and this type of information indicates that we have done well
Interest from teams of this level is very positive, but I am very happy here (at Chelsea). I feel very valued by the club and I do not think of anything else.
For the record, Azpilicueta recently agreed a new deal with Chelsea back in December which will keep him under contract until 2020.
SOURCE: 101greatgoals.com
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