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title: "Chelsea failed with £52m bid for Marquinhos"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Michael Oliver"
section: "Chelsea News"
published: "2017-03-09T14:43:47Z"
modified: "2017-03-09T14:43:47Z"
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# Chelsea failed with £52m bid for Marquinhos

With John Terry’s future very much up in the air right now, Chelsea could be short of a centre-back next season which may be troublesome if they suffer a couple of injuries.

Having spent £30m to bring David Luiz back from PSG last summer, Antonio Conte plotted another move for a Parisien defender as the [Express](https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/777088/Chelsea-Man-United-Barcelona-Marquinhos-Premier-League-Transfer-News) claim Chelsea have offered £52m to sign Marquinhos from the Ligue 1 champions last summer.

Manchester United and Barcelona are both interested in signing the Brazilian international who can play at both centre-back and right-back. Marquinhos is under contract until 2019 but could be on the move at the end of the season.

Speaking to Spanish newspaper [Mundo Deportivo](https://www.mundodeportivo.com/futbol/fc-barcelona/20170306/42540234618/marquinhos-renovacion-psg-barcelona.html), his agent, Giuliano Bertolucci has confirmed the French club never had any intentions of selling the defender.

“The president of PSG never wanted to negotiate a transfer, neither with Barca nor with anyone,” he is quoted as saying.

“Last summer there was a €60million (£52m) proposal for Marquinhos and he rejected it.”

Whether Chelsea chose to come back in for the defender remains to be seen, but it’s clear they’re very keen.