Chelsea interested in €60M move for FC Porto goalkeeper

This summer will prove to be an important time period for Chelsea, given that something needs to change after the West London club struggled domestically, finishing in tenth place, far outside of any of the qualification spots for European football. One of the bigger issues that the club faced was some inconsistency from their man in between the sticks, Robert Sanchez, who wrapped up the campaign with nine clean sheets, but having allowed 49 goals to slip past him, the most in his time at Stamford Bridge.

While it's clearly not all on Sanchez, this hasn't stopped the Chelsea executives from surveying their options elsewhere in an attempt to improve their shot-stopping ability, which has led them towards looking at Diogo Costa.

The Blues are keeping tabs on Costa

As reported by Ekrem Konur, the Blues are believed to be looking at Costa, who is currently employed at FC Porto, as well as being a member of Portugal's National Team at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The Portuguese shotstopper is coming off quite the impressive campaign, having been crowned Primeira Liga champions for the third time in his career, having played a huge role in their title-winning run, posting 21 clean sheets, allowing an astonishing 15 goals in the net through his 33 appearances.

While it won't be beneficial to them now, given that the Blues won't be playing any European football in the coming year, Costa has plenty of experience in several of the European competitions, having played all eight seasons of his career split between time in the Champions League and the Europa League.

It's not known at this time what the Primeira Liga champions value their star goalkeeper at, but according to Konur, the English side isn't afraid to shell out a bid of €60M to get talks started, with that fee potentially having to go higher depending on how the Portuguese keeper does in North America for the World Cup.

In Portugal's opening match against the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which resulted in a shocking draw, Costa allowed one shot through at the half, while making another save later on in the game. A Seleção das Quinas' next match will come on Tuesday, June 23, when they are set to take on Uzbekistan, who will look to bounce back from a tough opening match against Colombia on Wednesday night.

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