Chelsea's £28m Dewsbury-Hall Exit Shakes Midfield

Chelsea remain in talks with RB Leipzig regarding a move for Xavi Simons (Image: Pau Barrena)

This deal has moved very quickly, with Everton opening talks with Chelsea earlier on Monday , and David Moyes is understood to be a long-term admirer of Dewsbury-Hall. The Toffees are set to pay the Blues around £28million in total once add-ons are achieved.

Signed just over 12 months ago from Leicester City in a £30million deal , the 26-year-old midfielder made 36 appearances in total for Chelsea in all competitions - scoring five goals and assisting four. Dewsbury-Hall, though, was restricted to just 13 appearances in the Premier League over the course of the 2024/25 season, with only two of them coming from the start.

The midfielder will leave the Blues after just one campaign at Stamford Bridge, but one where he helped the club triumph in the Conference League and FIFA Club World Cup. Dewsbury-Hall is not the only player looking set to leave Chelsea in the very near future, with Lesley Ugochukwu , too, on his way out of SW6.

Chelsea are open to selling the 21-year-old former Aston Villa midfielder, but are not so keen on another loan move. Chukwuemeka is understood to be prioritising a move to Dortmund, where he spend the second half of last season on loan, with RB Leipzig also enquiring about his situation in negotiations for Xavi Simons .