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Chelsea are ready to sign Jadon Sancho on a permanent transfer from Manchester United but only if he takes a significant pay-cut.

The Blues have been weighing up whether or not to sign Sancho permanently following his mixed loan spell at Stamford Bridge.

Sancho struggled for consistency following his arrival from Old Trafford but did help Chelsea qualify for the Champions League and win the Europa Conference League.

When Chelsea signed Sancho on loan, they agreed to make the deal permanent at the end of the season for between £20-25m.

However, it emerged earlier in the season that Chelsea were able to get out of the deal by paying Manchester United £5m in compensation.

Sky Sports say Chelsea have opened talks with Sancho’s representatives and hope to keep him at the club.

With a return to Manchester United seemingly off the table, Sancho is keen to sign a permanent deal with Chelsea, the club he supported growing up.

But talkSPORT say Chelsea have informed Sancho he will need to take a pay-cut if he wants to stay at Stamford Bridge and agree a deal which fits in with the wage structure at the club.

Sancho is believed to be on around £300,000-a-week and a compromise will need to be reached as Chelsea’s policy has been to sign players on long, incentivised contracts with lower base wages.

Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca gave little away when asked about Sancho’s future following the Conference League victory over Real Betis.

‘We are going to sit with the club and decide what happens for next year,’ Maresca said.

‘If we finish fourth it is also because of Jadon, if we win tonight it is also because of Jadon. It is normal in a season to go a little bit up and down.’

As has often been the case this season, Sancho started on Chelsea’s bench against Betis but made a telling contribution following his introduction, curling home his side’s third goal in a 4-1 win.

Speaking after Chelsea won the Conference League, Blues hero Joe Cole urged his former club to keep Sancho and tipped him to go to another level next season.

‘I think Jadon is a really great player and I think he’s done well,’ Cole said.

‘He’s been rotated in and out a bit but I want to see Jadon playing. You want a player like that in your squad. It will come down to a financial decision I imagine but I really like him.’

Asked whether he thought Sancho had done enough to earn a permanent move to Chelsea, Cole added: ‘Yes I do.

‘This is a kid who went to Dortmund and was a superstar as a kid. It wasn’t working at Man United but he’s done well, he’s got his career back on track at Chelsea.

‘I think there’s more to come from him as well.’

Sancho scored 12 goals in 83 appearances for Manchester United following a big-money move from Borussia Dortmund in 2021.

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Enzo Maresca had a special message for Isco after Chelsea’s 4-1 win against Real Betis in the Conference League final on Wednesday night.

Chelsea went behind early in Wroclaw as Isco’s excellent pass found Abde Ezzalzouli, who fired past Filip Jorgensen to put Betis in front in the ninth minute.

Maresca’s side stepped in the second half and Cole Palmer’s superb ball into Betis’ box found Enzo Fernandez, who headed in the equaliser.

Palmer was the provider once again to help Chelsea take the lead as his neat turn and cross from the right picked out Nicolas Jackson, who scored with another header from close range.

Jason Sancho, on as a second half substitute, put the tie beyond doubt with a brilliant finish to extend Chelsea’s advantage.

Moises Caicedo then wrapped up Chelsea’s 4-1 win with another neat strike on the edge of Betis’ penalty area.

The win is a historic one for Chelsea as they have become the first club to win the Champions League, Europa League and Conference League.

Speaking after his side’s win, Maresca revealed that he sought out Isco to praise the former Real Madrid midfielder for his performance in the final.

‘I told Isco at the end that he has a quality that makes the difference,’ Maresca told Movistar.

Chelsea midfielder Fernandez also revealed paid tribute to Isco after speaking with the 33-year-old during the post-match medal ceremony.

‘He showed all his qualities today and throughout his career, he has won many things, and I told him to keep going,’ Fernandez said.

Meanwhile, Maresca also revealed that he predicted Chelsea would endure a difficult first half in the Conference League final due to their tough 1-0 win over Nottingham Forest on the final day of the Premier League season last Sunday which secured them a place in next season’s Champions League.

‘I expected it to turn out like that because on Sunday we played until the 100th minute to qualify for the Champions League,’ Maresca said.

‘Betis had played on Friday, I expected them to start strongly, but we adjusted at half time and then I think we were much better.’

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Jose Mourinho has warned Chelsea to not take Real Betis lightly in the Conference League final.

Enzo Maresca’s side secured a fourth-placed finish on the final day of the Premier League season on Sunday and can finish their campaign with a trophy on Wednesday night.

If Chelsea beat Betis in Wroclaw they will become the first club in history to win the Champions League, Europa League and Conference League.

Mourinho has already achieved that feat having won the Champions League with Porto and Inter, the Europa League with Porto and Manchester United and the Conference League with Roma in 2022.

Meanwhile, Emerson Palmieri is the only player to have that achievement on his CV as he’s won the Champions League and Europa League during his time at Chelsea before he won the Conference League with West Ham in 2023.

Ahead of Wednesday’s final, Mourinho believes Chelsea’s ultimate focus has been to return to the Champions League but feels a Conference League trophy would still be ‘amazing’.

‘In this moment there is one coach and one player – me and Emerson,’ Mourinho told Sky Sports.

‘What it means for Emerson only he can say, what it means for me means my big tattoo on my arm because I’m the only one to do it.

‘I think Chelsea are a club who wants to win Champions Leagues, not Conference Leagues. But it’s a trophy, and to be the only club in the world to get all three is amazing.

‘But attention with Betis. I think Betis can compete.

‘They have a team. They have an experienced coach. They have a great mentality, too. So I think it’s going to be a good final.’

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