Chelsea are in talks with Crystal Palace over the signing of defender Maxence Lacroix. <p><em>Sky Sports News</em> understands Palace are seeking more than the £55m Tottenham paid for Jan Paul van Hecke from Brighton to sanction Lacroix's sale.</p><p>Palace and Chelsea enjoy good relations at the highest levels and they have done deals for players such as Trevoh Chalobah and Ben Chilwell.</p><ul><li><a href="https://qrcode.skysports.com/TransfersSkySportsApp" target="_blank"><strong>Transfer Centre LIVE!</strong></a><strong> | </strong><a href="http://www.skysports.com/football/live-blog/11668/13025497/chelsea-transfer-news-rumours-and-gossip-live-updates-and-latest-on-deals-signings-loans-and-contracts" target="_blank"><strong>Chelsea news & transfers</strong></a><strong>🔵</strong></li><li><strong>Got Sky? <a href="https://qrcode.skysports.com/skysports/WatchPremarticles" target="_blank">Watch Chelsea games LIVE on your phone</a></strong><strong>📱</strong></li><li><strong>Not got Sky? <a href="https://www.sky.com/tv/sports?dcmp=Ilc_skysports_nc_articlelink" target="_blank">Get Sky Sports</a> or <a href="http://www.nowtv.com/membership/watch-sky-sports?DCMP=ilc_skysports_nc_articlelink" target="_blank">stream with no contract on NOW</a></strong><strong>📺</strong></li><li><a href="https://www.skysports.com/football/news/12110/10952996/sky-sports-push-notifications-faq-how-to-receive-the-alerts-you-want" target="_blank"><strong>Choose the Sky Sports push notifications you want!</strong></a> 🔔</li></ul><p>Chelsea want to sign a centre-back and ideally any new arrival would be physically imposing and bring Premier League experience.</p><p>Chelsea have raised around £130m from sales in this window and more players are set to leave.</p><p>In defence, players who could move on include Chalobah, Benoit Badiashile, Malo Gusto and Axel Disasi.</p><h3>Rogers arrives for medical ahead of record-breaking move</h3><p><strong>Morgan Rogers </strong>arrived for a medical with <strong>Chelsea </strong>on Monday morning, <strong>which you can exclusively watch below,</strong> ahead of completing a British-record £117m move from <strong>Aston Villa.</strong></p><widget id="2"></widget><p>All being well, Rogers is then expected to sign a six-year contract at Chelsea with the option of another year until 2033.</p><p>Rogers returned from the USA on Sunday following England's third-place finish at the World Cup, via a bronze-final victory over France.</p><p>Chelsea moved quickly to secure the deal ahead of Arsenal, who were unwilling to match the asking price despite Rogers being their top forward target.</p> <widget id="3"></widget><p>Rogers will become the most expensive British player of all time when he completes his move from Aston Villa, with the fee eclipsing the £116m fee paid by Manchester City for his England team-mate Elliot Anderson.</p><p>Rogers is also set to become Chelsea's record signing, overtaking the £115m the Blues paid Brighton for Moises Caicedo in 2023.</p><h3>Chelsea's key summer business so far</h3><p><strong>In</strong></p><p>Geovany Quenda – Sporting, £43.5m</p><p><a href="https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11668/13557367/chelsea-transfer-news-marco-palestra-signs-from-serie-a-side-atalanta-in-deal-worth-lb43m">Marco Palestra </a>- Atalanta, £43m</p><p>Denner – Corinthians, £8.7m</p><p>Dastan Satpaev – Kairat Almaty, £2.1m</p><p>Emmanuel Emegha – Strasbourg, undisclosed</p><p><strong>Out</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/13554263/marc-cucurella-transfer-news-real-madrid-sign-defender-from-chelsea-in-deal-worth-lb51-8m">Marc Cucurella</a> – Real Madrid, £51.8m</p><p><a href="https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11667/13562081/andrey-santos-man-utd-complete-lb50m-signing-of-brazil-international-midfielder-from-chelsea">Andrey Santos</a> – Man Utd, £50m</p><p>Tyrique George – Everton, £24m</p><p>Jimmy-Jay Morgan – West Brom, £4m</p> <widget id="1"></widget>
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