Barcelona monitor Chelsea's Estevao - Monday's gossip

Barcelona are monitoring the situation of Chelsea's Estêvão. The La Liga club are keeping a close eye on developments surrounding his future. Estêvão has had a difficult start to the new campaign under Chelsea manager Xabi Alonso.

According to Yahoo Sports, Barcelona's board, with Deco personally following his development, could approach Estêvão's entourage in early 2027 to explore a potential transfer. However, Chelsea still consider Estêvão an 'important' player for their future, making a transfer potentially tricky.

Estêvão is considered one of the standout attacking talents in world football. His long-term prospects under Alonso have already started to be questioned.

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