Chelsea have held positive initial talks with Brighton about a deal for Danny Welbeck. <p>With a year remaining on his contract, Brighton do not want to stand in the striker's way as long as they get a fair price for his sale.</p><p>Welbeck has continued to be a reliable goalscorer in the Premier League at 35 years old. Last season he scored 13 times, after scoring 10 in the previous campaign.</p><widget id="2"></widget><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>His potential arrival would be another example of Chelsea prioritising physically imposing players with Premier League experience this summer.</p><p>It would also place further doubt on the futures of strikers Nicolas Jackson, Liam Delap and Marc Guiu.</p><p>Chelsea have signed several players from Brighton in recent seasons including their main striker Joao Pedro, Moises Caicedo, Marc Cucurella and Robert Sanchez.</p><p>A number of Brighton staff members have also moved to Stamford Bridge over the past four years.</p><p><em>More to follow.</em></p> <widget id="1"></widget>
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