Report: Chelsea Have Long-Term Interest In Inter Milan's Denzel Dumfries

 

Chelsea have interest in Inter Milan full-back Denzel Dumfries for a long time.

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As Chelsea search for a full-back to fill in for Reece James and provide competition for the full-back, the name Denzel Dumfries will not go away. The rumours are getting louder, and there is no smoke without fire.

Dumfries has been performing well for Inter Milan this season, and with his ability to play in a back three, he is certainly a player Chelsea are very much interested in.

The club want to bring in a right-back in January, and the Dutch defender could be the perfect choice.

© Provided by Chelsea Transfer Room on FanNation Chelsea have long standing interest in Denzel Dumfries. IMAGO / Richard Wareham

According to Fabrizio Romano, Chelsea have long standing interest in Inter Milan defender Denzel Dumfries, and have always appreciated the player.

If Chelsea do want to make the signing, they will have to pay more than €30million for Dumfries, which in the grand scheme of things is the going rate for any player of quality these days.

Dumfries was in the list for Chelsea during the summer as they looked to sign a right-back, but the deal was not an easy one to do and ultimately the player ended up staying at Inter Milan.

© Provided by Chelsea Transfer Room on FanNation Chelsea could move for Denzel Dumfries in January, but a deal won't be easy. IMAGO / Marco Canoniero

The deal will not be an easy one to do in January either with Inter holding the same stance over Dumfries, but Chelsea are likely to try and see if they can get a deal done.

Reece James is expected back from injury after the World Cup, but competition is still needed for the England full-back.

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Chelsea want Brighton’s Winstanley to join Stewart on recruitment team

 

Chelsea are set to continue the rebuild of their recruitment department by appointing Monaco’s Laurence Stewart and are also looking to poach Brighton & Hove Albion’s head of recruitment, Paul Winstanley.

Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital have been making changes to Chelsea’s infrastructure since buying the club in May and are looking to build a strong recruitment team around the head coach, Graham Potter. Christopher Vivell, who was fired by RB Leizpig last month, is poised to join as technical director and Joe Shields is due to arrive as co-director of recruitment once he has seen out his gardening leave at Southampton.

A deal to hire Stewart, Monaco’s technical director, has been agreed and Chelsea have held talks over taking Winstanley from Brighton. Winstanley has developed a good reputation at Brighton, who have earned plaudits for their smart signings in recent years. The Guardian reported that Chelsea were looking at him last month and the club are ready to solidify their interest.

It is believed that Winstanley will work closely with Shields, Stewart and Potter’s recruitment analyst, Kyle Macalauy. Winstanley knows Macaulay well from his time at Brighton.

Chelsea want at least four recruitment experts, with Vivell potentially given the responsibility of coordinating the department. Plans to hire a sporting director have been put to one side.

There have been suggestions that Boehly and Clearlake would like to create something akin to a transfer think-tank. The recruitment team could feed up to Boehly, who has been working as interim sporting director since June.

Boehly took that role after Marina Granovskaia left, with the departures of Scott McLachlan and Petr Cech leaving other holes to fill. Chelsea had initially looked to hire a sporting director and were close to appointing RB Salzburg’s Christoph Freund, only for that deal to collapse.

The indications are that Chelsea would rather have several recruitment experts than be reliant on one person. They want a collaborative approach, with links between the coaching staff, recruitment department and ownership. Boehly, who oversaw a heavy summer spending spree, could continue to take an active role in transfer negotiations in January.

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Chelsea could also look to appoint a new chief executive and a football operations manager.

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Ballboy who was kicked by ex-Chelsea star Eden Hazard reveals he has been named on Sunday Times Rich List aged 26 thanks to £40m vodka empire (but he IS the heir to a £65m ...

A former ballboy once kicked by a Premier League star in a high-profile footballing controversy is now the boss of a multimillion-pound vodka firm - promoted by celebrities such as Maya Jama and Floyd Mayweather.

Charlie Morgan was thrust into the centre of a football storm when he was kicked by then Chelsea winger Eden Hazard during an ill-tempered Capital One Cup semi-final clash with Swansea in 2013.

Then a 17-year-old ballboy at Swansea's stadium, Morgan appeared to delay handing over the ball after it had gone out of play for a goal kick.

He fell to the ground as Hazard attempted to get the ball from him, with the Belgium star, who now plays for Spanish giants Real Madrid, then trying to kick it from under him.

Instead, he appeared to make contact with the ballboy's midriff, and was shown a straight red card by referee Chris Foy.

Hazard was banned for three games for the incident. Police also got involved - probing the incident before deciding to take no further action.

Now, nearly 10-years on from the controversy, Morgan's life has taken an interesting twist.

Aged 26, he is a budding entrepreneur, who has been named in this year's Sunday Times Rich List thanks to his £40million stake in a vodka empire.

With the help of Swansea school friend and business partner Jackson Quinn, 29, Morgan runs luxury vodka brand Au Vodka - a company they launched in 2016.

Alongside branding partnerships with a number of A-List celebrities, the firm is backed by radio DJ Charlie Sloth and is now sold in 40 countries across the world.

And with the company also among the Times' business to watch list for 2023, Morgan hopes its success will help him become 'more than just the Swansea Ballboy'

He told MailOnline: 'The ballboy incident was a crazy night and let’s be honest it’s something that will be remembered for a long time.

'For me, a big part of creating Au Vodka and trying to make a success of this brand was to not just be known as "that Swansea Ballboy", but for people to see that that ballboy went on to create something really special.'

Charlie Morgan was thrust into the centre of a football storm when he was kicked by then Chelsea winger Eden Hazard during an ill-tempered Capital One Cup semi-final clash with Swansea in 2013

Then a 17-year-old ball boy at Swansea's stadium, Morgan appeared to delay handing over the ball after it had gone out of play for a goal kick

Alongside school friend Jackson Quinn, 29, Morgan (pictured with Quinn) runs luxury vodka brand Au Vodka - a business they set up together in 2016

The vodka brand, which features a gold-plated bottle and usually sells for around £30 a bottle, has been backed by stars including boxing legend Floyd Mayweather. UFC rising star Paddy 'The Baddy' Pimblett and TV and radio host Maya Jama have also advertised for the brand, which is regularly promoted by its big-name investor, former BBC radio presenter Charlie Sloth (pictured here with Morgan and Quinn)

Morgan's vodka brand, which features a gold-plated bottle and usually sells for around £30 per litre, has been backed by stars including boxing legend Floyd Mayweather.

UFC rising star Paddy 'The Baddy' Pimblett and TV and radio host Maya Jama have also advertised for the brand, which is regularly promoted by its big-name investor, former BBC radio presenter Charlie Sloth.

However, Morgan's meteoric rise is not a rags to riches story. Morgan is the heir to his father Martin's £65million Morgans Hotel empire.

Morgan's meteoric rise is not a rags to riches story. Morgan is the heir to his father Martin's £65million Morgans Hotel empire. Martin is also a director of Swansea City F.C - where Morgan first came into the public eye as a ballboy

Martin is also a director of Swansea City F.C - where Morgan first came into the public eye as a ballboy.

Charlie's business, which has a flashy Instagram page featuring celebrities and an array of gold-plated items, including a shiny branded Au van, began steadily increasing sales in December 2019.

But it began to take off last year when they started shifting 10,000 bottles of black grape vodka in a single month.

The firm's latest accounts, as shown on Companies House, reveal profits of £10million for last year. And Morgan says the company now employs 50 full-time staff - most of whom are based at the firm's head office in Swansea.

The company has also upped its game on Instagram in recent months, with a series of flashy posts, including videos of a pool party featuring a giant gold Au bottle water feature.

Floyd Mayweather also features in a number of posts, following Morgan's claim last year that he had spoken to the legendary boxer about the business.

Speaking to WalesOnline in 2021, he said: 'We got a contact for Floyd - through a mutual friend of Frost the music producer - and we were told that Floyd absolutely loves the brand and loved the black grape flavour.

'We were asked whether he could have few bottles before he goes home.

'We said yeah, OK sure, and Floyd said he would post a photo on Instagram as long as we included him when we do something big in America.

Charlie's (pictured) business, which has a flashy Instagram page featuring celebrities and an array of gold-plated items, including a shiny branded Au van, began steadily increasing sales in December 2019

But it began to take off last year when they started shifting 10,000 bottles of black grape vodka in a single month. The firm's latest profits, as shown on Companies House, reveal profits of £10million for last year. Pictured: Charlie has shared pictures of himself from around the world

'Back years ago we were asking ourselves, who would be the best ambassador we could have holding the bottle and I think our answer was Floyd, so it's amazing how it has manifested itself.

'Seeing the brand in the hands of someone you admire is crazy.'

According to the Sun, Au Vodka now produce 35,000 bottles per day, including a variety of outlandish flavours - some of which he says have not worked out.

He labelled a banana flavoured vodka that they produced as 'particularly disgusting,' the paper reports.

The brand has enjoyed international expansion, and is now sold in 40 countries across the globe from Dubai, to Australia, Spain, the Netherlands and, most recently, 32 states across America. 

It has also gained entry into huge international venues, specifically launching within O Beach Ibiza this Summer. 

Morgan told WalesOnline: 'It's almost hard to take a moment to reflect when we have the next big project coming up and there is always something new we're working on.

But, looking back on how far we have come, it's been such an immense journey with plenty of milestones hit and definitely so much more to come.

'The vision is for Au Vodka to become a truly global brand, known in an instant for its unique gold branding and coloured liquids, we see the bottles being stocked on shelves internationally and becoming accessible for customers in every corner of the world.'

The success of the business now means Morgan features on the Sunday Times Rich List for 2022. The Times also named Au Vodka as the number one company to watch in 2023.

But Morgan still remains behind his father, and even his old foe Hazard, who is thought to be worth around £85million.

Morgan said after the incident that he had spoken to the winger, who moved from Chelsea to Madrid for around £100million in 2019. 

According to the Sun, Au Vodka (pictured: Business partners Quinn and Morgan) now produce 35,000 bottles per day, including a variety of outlandish flavours - some of which he says have not worked out

He wrote: 'Crazy 24 hours. Spoke to Hazard and I will not be pressing charges. Be in touch.'

The message went out to his 100,000 followers - up from 600 before he had his moment in the spotlight.

And while Morgan had a positive response, it was not shared by all, with many critical of his actions during the incident.

Ex-Chelsea star turned commentator Pat Nevin, speaking at the time, described the his behaviour as  'disgraceful'.

He added: 'I was very, very disappointed by the way the ball boy acted, and I say 'acted'.

'He must have been watching footballers, the way he rolled around and pretended to be more injured.

'He only has one job and his job is to go and give the ball back, and what did he do? He keeps the ball.'

'I have to say I was absolutely amazed this morning to find he is 17, not 12, not 13.

Morgan fell to the ground as Hazard attempted to get the ball from him, with the Belgium star, who now turns out for Real Madrid, then trying to kick it from under him. Instead, he appeared to make contact with the ballboy's midriff, and was shown a straight red card by referee Chris Foy

'He should know what his action should be in that situation. His behaviour was disgraceful.'

Others criticised Hazard and Morgan. Former England striker Michael Owen said at the time: 'I maintain my opinion from last night. How people can claim Hazard assaulted a kid is embarrassing. 

'He shouldn't of kicked the ball out of his grasp but he hardly booted the lad as some people were suggesting. 

'The lads antics were scandalous and no wonder he isn't taking any further action.

'His Dad is a Swansea director so I'd assume this situation will be dealt with in the appropriate manner.'

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