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Chelsea fans are confident of a big-spending summer transfer window ahead of the 2025/26 season.
Enzo Maresca's side face a battle in the final weeks of the 2024/25 campaign as they aim to win the UEFA Conference League and finish inside the Premier League's top five.
The latter would secure a Champions League return for 2025/26 and inject a major cash boost into Maresca's transfer budget.
The Italian coach is expected to continue his policy of bringing in developing talent from across Europe with deals already in place for Sporting CP pair Geovany Quenda and Dario Essugo.
They will join the Blues in June, ahead of the FIFA Club World Cup, but Deportivo la Coruna star Yeremay Hernandez has seemingly closed the door on a switch to Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea tried to sign the 22-year-old in the January window, but Deportivo held them off, and the chances of a renewal could already be over.
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Chelsea had been tipped for another £22m [$30m] push to sign the highly-rated attacking playmaker in June despite his commitment to Deportivo.
Part of the reason for a January rejection from the Galicians focused on their desire to keep Hernandez to lead a La Liga promotion push in the second half of the campaign.
Hernandez also did not want to leave his team mid-season - as a show of respect - but the expected Chelsea exit plan looks unlikely after his latest update.
The Canarian-born star has netted 14 Segunda Division goals, and laid on five assists, but despite Deportivo looking certain to miss out on a promotion playoff spot - he is ready to stay and fight for a La Liga shot in 2025/26.
"I understand what people think, but the reality is different. The reality is that in the end, I'm a Deportivo player," as per quotes from Diario AS.
"I have a contract until 2030, I renewed my contract in January, and right now I'm focused on Deportivo because it's my team.
"People can think a lot of things, but the truth is that I'm a Deportivo player and I also have, if not the longest contract in the squad, one of the longest. I'm calm and focused on Deportivo 100%."
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