Fabrizio Romano: Arsenal have first offer rejected for Chelsea goalkeeper ahead of summer | OneFootball

According to transfer expert Fabrizio Romano, Arsenal have had a first offer rejected by Chelsea for their goalkeeper.

The news comes after Chelsea went down 2-0 against Newcastle United away from home on Sunday lunch time in a crucial game for the race for Champions League football next season.

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Chelsea needed to win this game as much as Newcastle did, but a first half sending off by Nicolas Jackson did not help their cause. Enzo Maresca has admitted that Jackson now needs to learn from this situation moving forward.

Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher now believes that Chelsea have a big problem after this defeat with just two games remaining of the season and the reality being that The Blues need two wins to guarantee a place in the Champions League for next season.

Two games left

Other than the Conference League cup final at the end of this month, where Chelsea face Spanish side Real Betis, they now have just two league games remaining of this campaign.

Chelsea play Manchester United this coming Friday, and then on the final day of the season comes the big crunch match against Nottingham Forest, where it could end up being a straight shootout for that final Champions League spot.

Arsenal in for Chelsea goalkeeper

Meanwhile, in other news, Arsenal have seen an offer rejected by Chelsea for England U18 goalkeeper Freddy Bernal.

Fabrizio Romano reports that Chelsea rejected the bid and made it clear that they want to keep Bernal. Several other clubs remain interested in the Blues stopper.

It is unclear at the moment whether Arsenal will try to up their £1.25m offer for the youngster or now walk away, but it looks like Chelsea also rate him very highly and want to keep him within their own ranks.