Lamine Camara: Monaco pull out of selling midfielder to Chelsea in £47m deal after Blues agreed deal for Enzo Fernandez replacement | Football News | Sky Sports
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Chelsea were looking for a midfield addition with Enzo Fernandez set to join Manchester City in a £125m deal, which is a joint-record for a British club; Monaco pulled out because they successfully renegotiated a deal to sell Folarin Balogun to Everton
Tuesday 1 September 2026 23:28, UK
Chelsea have agreed a deal to sign Monaco’s Lamine Camara
Monaco have pulled out of the deal to sell Lamine Camara to Chelsea – who feel the French club have acted in an extraordinary and deeply unprofessional way.
Camara was set to join Chelsea for £47m and was set to sign a six-year deal pending a medical.
Just after the 11pm transfer deadline shut, news emerged that Monaco reneged on the agreement they had with Chelsea, and they had informed the Blues of their decision in writing.
The reason for Monaco pulling out was because they had successfully renegotiated the deal to sell Folarin Balogun to Everton. There was a full written club-to-club agreement with Chelsea to complete the Camara deal.
Chelsea were looking for a new midfielder with Enzo Fernandez set to depart for Manchester City in a joint-British-record £125m deal.
The Camara deal collapsing is totally separate from the Fernandez to Man City deal – and that deal will be completed as normal.
Roma’s Manu Kone was also shortlisted as a potential option, while Chelsea were also looking at midfield options in the Premier League.
Man City agree £125m Fernandez deal
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Manchester City have agreed a deal with Chelsea to sign Enzo Fernandez for £125m.
The deal matches the British record transfer fee Liverpool paid for Newcastle striker Alexander Isak during last year’s summer Deadline Day.
Chelsea will make a £18m profit on the midfielder they signed for £107m three-and-a-half years ago.
Who has left Chelsea on Deadline Day?
Chelsea goalkeeper Robert Sanchez has completed a season-long loan move to Serie A side Como.
The goalkeeper had been bumped down to Stamford Bridge following the arrival of Emi Martinez from Aston Villa.
Elsewhere, midfielder Dario Essugo has completed a season-long loan move to sister club Strasbourg. Essugo was of interest to Hull in this window.
Striker Deivid Washington has completed a permanent transfer to Strasbourg. He signed from Santos for £17.1m three years ago but made only three appearances.
Forward Dujuan Richards has also joined Wimbledon on a season-long loan.
Meanwhile, Chelsea striker Shim Mheuka has arrived in Glasgow ahead of his loan move to Celtic, who are alsoworking to finalise a deal for Chelsea left-back Landon Emenalo.
