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Chelsea agree deal to sign £47m Liverpool target
Sep 01 2026 23:19 · By Chris Davie · 3 Reads
Lamine Camara is set to join Chelsea (Getty)
Chelsea have agreed a €55 million (£47.1m) deal to sign Monaco midfielder Lamine Camara.
Earlier on Tuesday, Chelsea had a €45m (£38.5m) bid for Camara rejected by Monaco and their follow-up offer of €50m (£42.8m) was also turned down.
However, Monaco need to free up a non-EU slot in their squad and had been in talks to sell Folarin Balogun to Everton before the deal fell through on Tuesday evening.
That has allowed Chelsea to come through with a third offer for Camara on deadline day and Monaco have now accepted their €55m (£47.1m) bid.
Camara has signed a six-year contract with Chelsea, which includes an optional additional year.
Chelsea are confident that the deal can be agreed before the 11pm transfer window deadline on Tuesday evening.
Lamine Camara played for Senegal at the World Cup this summer (CameraSport via Getty)
Liverpool and Manchester United have also expressed an interest in signing Camara this summer before Chelsea made their first initial approach last month.
Speaking after his side’s 3-2 win against Liverpool at Anfield in a pre-season friendly, Monaco head coach Filipe Luis made it clear that he wanted Camara to stay at the club.