Tag: backfired

One source with connections to both Chelsea and Monaco said the clubs had “played with fire and got burned”.

Indeed, the late-night transfer drama that involved Folarin Balogun, Everton, Monaco, Lamine Camara and Chelsea saw all parties lose out.

Camara – a 22-year-old Senegalese international midfielder – had been a target for Chelsea as they prepared for the £125m sale of Enzo Fernandez to Manchester City.

But Monaco