Chelsea are progressing in talks with Angel Metropolis as they try and signal USA ahead Alyssa Thompson earlier than Thursday’s switch deadline.
No payment has but been agreed and it’s understood it might take a big quantity for Thompson to be allowed to depart.
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Nevertheless, sources near the participant say the Ladies’s Tremendous League champions Chelsea have held discussions along with her.
On Monday, the 20-year-old was listed as being ignored for Angel Metropolis’s Nationwide Ladies’s Soccer League sport in opposition to Bay FC with an “excused absence”.
Thompson has a contract with Angel Metropolis till the tip of the 2028 Nationwide Ladies’s Soccer League (NWSL) season.
Chelsea have till 23:00 BST on Thursday to finish a deal.