Lille insist sporting director will not be joining Chelsea

By Alasdair Mackenzie
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Lille sporting director Luis Campos is not on the verge of agreeing a move to Stamford Bridge, the French club’s owner has insisted.

Luis Campos

Campos has established an excellent reputation after bringing the likes of Thomas Lemar, Bernardo Silva and Benjamin Mendy to Monaco before joining Lille in the summer of 2017.

French media reports had suggested that the Stamford Bridge club were in talks to secure the director’s services, but the Ligue 1 club’s owner Gerard Lopez denied the suggestion.

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Alasdair Mackenzie

Alasdair Mackenzie is a freelance journalist based in Rome, and a FourFourTwo contributor since 2015. When not pulling on the FFT shirt, he can be found at Reuters, The Times and the i. An Italophile since growing up on a diet of Football Italia on Channel 4, he now counts himself among thousands of fans sharing a passion for Ross County and Lazio.