Chelsea can now proudly call themselves the first and only club to win every UEFA competition.
After a 4-1 win over Real Betis in Poland on Wednesday, the Blues have added the UEFA Conference League to the UEFA Europa League and UEFA Champions League, becoming the only side in history who can boast all three titles.
However, Chelsea and Enzo Maresca are by no means resting on their laurels, with talks already taking place to sign Viktor Gyokeres.
Chelsea make approach for Viktor Gyokeres
Record in Portugal have now provided an update on the Sweden international.
The Portuguese news outlet write that Chelsea have made an approach to sign the Sporting CP No.9 in recent hours, with the Primeira Liga outfit now open to discussing the matter after winning the Taca de Portugal final against Benfica on Sunday.
Chelsea had already shortlisted Gyokeres, although this felt more like a preliminary decision, as the Blues were unaware of whether they would be playing UEFA Champions League football next season.
Now UEFA Champions League qualification has been secured – along with a European cup in the UEFA Conference League – Chelsea can operate with more assurance in the market, and it is telling they have immediately started speaking to Sporting CP.
Record add that Juventus have also asked about Gyokeres – who Arsenal admire too – in recent hours, who has a €100m (£84m) release clause in his contract.
However, Frederico Varandas – President of Sporting CP – would entertain offers in the region of €65m (£54m).
Cole Palmer will be delighted by this news
During the UEFA Conference League final, Cole Palmer appeared very frustrated by Nicolas Jackson.
The Senegal international had a chance to kill the game with the scoreline reading 2-1 as he raced towards Adrian, with Jadon Sancho also beside him for a square pass.
However, Jackson inexplicably overran the ball, allowing Adrian to gather it comfortably, and seconds later, Palmer got himself booked for aggressively kicking the ball away in anger, in what was an apparent reaction to that poor piece of forward play from his teammate.
Of course, the Chelsea No.15 did score to make it 2-1 before this error, although he could hardly miss after the England international put the ball on a plate.
Furthermore, as Transfermarkt shows, Jackson has also only scored eight goals after passes from Palmer in 72 games with the Manchester City academy graduate, so there could definitely be stronger chemistry in attack.
Therefore, if Chelsea end up signing Gyokeres as a replacement, a striker who can remarkably boast 97 goals in 102 games for Sporting CP, Palmer would surely be pleased to finally be supplying a prolific frontman.
