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Dortmund s double shots Chelsea players join within 48 hours

5:21pm, 24 August 2025Football

Bundesliga giant Dortmund is advancing the final operation of the summer window with amazing efficiency. According to well-known transfer reporter Fabrizio Romano, the club has reached an agreement with Chelsea on a permanent transfer of Kani Chukvimeca, with the transfer fee of 20 million euros attached to floating terms. What is more interesting is that the deal triggered a chain clause - Dortmund also obtained priority to loan Chelsea's 20-year-old Argentine central defender Allen Anselmino. These two bundled operations perfectly reflect the negotiation wisdom of Dortmund's sports director Sebastian Kyle: it not only locks in a midfield attacker who has proved himself in the Bundesliga at a relatively reasonable price (Chukvimeca sets 17 appearances during the second half of last season), but also contributes to the youthful reserves of the defense.

Chelsea's decision-making logic is also intriguing. New coach Maresca is eager to free up salary space and register for Simmons and Garnacho's franchise, but the club's management did not choose to clean up simply and roughly. As the Telegraph revealed the details of the negotiation: the Blues creatively tied Chukvimeka's permanent transfer with Anselmino's loan terms, which not only guaranteed the cash return of instant combat power, but also provided an ideal growth platform for young talents. This operation mode is in line with the previous strategy of renting Colewell to Brighton to level up, reflecting Chelsea's increasingly refined asset operation ideas under the constraints of FFP rules. Although Chukvimeca's initial £40M price failed to achieve, considering the players' only expected assist value (xA) last season and the 56% confrontation success rate (Opta data), this transaction price may be closer to the fair value of the market. Behind these two transactions are a deeper game password. Dortmund has cleverly used the mutual trust relationship established by the two clubs in recent years - historical deals from Pulisic to Aubameyang are paving the way for current negotiations. For Chelsea, it is more urgent to prioritize young assets with appreciation potential when players such as Jackson, Nkunku, and Sterling have not yet found their next home. As a source close to the locker room said: "Modern football transfers are no longer simple player transactions, but rather mirrors of the club's strategic positioning." As Dortmund uses Westphalia's spotlight to cultivate a new generation of geniuses, Stamford Bridge's management is looking for a delicate balance between the ledger and competitive results.

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