{"id":61828,"date":"2026-09-01T20:41:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T00:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/folarin-balogun-monaco-strikers-move-to-everton-falls-through-after-deal-scuppered-chelseas-chances-of-signing-lamine-camara-football-news\/01\/09\/2026\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T20:41:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T00:41:14","slug":"folarin-balogun-monaco-strikers-move-to-everton-falls-through-after-deal-scuppered-chelseas-chances-of-signing-lamine-camara-football-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/folarin-balogun-monaco-strikers-move-to-everton-falls-through-after-deal-scuppered-chelseas-chances-of-signing-lamine-camara-football-news\/01\/09\/2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Folarin Balogun: Monaco striker’s move to Everton falls through after deal scuppered Chelsea’s chances of signing Lamine Camara | Football News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Everton’s move for Monaco striker Folarin Balogun has fallen through after a change of heart from the player – after the deal scuppered Chelsea’s chances of signing Lamine Camara.<\/p>\n

Balogun arrived on Merseyside at lunchtime to complete the \u00a340m Deadline Day transfer, but doubts then started to emerge about the deal being completed during the afternoon as the medical threw up an issue.<\/p>\n

As a result of this issue, Monaco then proceeded with a move to sell midfielder Camara. But in another twist, Everton renegotiated the terms of the deal for Balogun – which forced a dramatic move from Monaco.<\/p>\n

With a full agreement to sell Camara to Chelsea in place, Monaco withdrew from the deal as the 11pm transfer deadline passed, which left the Blues furious.<\/p>\n

Chelsea also had the chance to withdraw from the \u00a3125m move to sell Enzo Fernandez to Man City, but chose not to out of good faith.<\/p>\n

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Sky Sports chief correspondent Kaveh Solhekol explains why Chelsea sold Enzo Fernandez to rivals Manchester City despite the last-minute collapse of their deal to sign Lamine Camara from Monaco.<\/span>
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But just after midnight on Wednesday, it was revealed Balogun had a change of heart about moving to Everton and walked away from the deal – which will only infuriate Monaco and Chelsea even more.<\/p>\n

It also means Balogun’s dramatic 2026 continues – after the American international was at the centre of the World Cup red card storm involving Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Balogun drama in chronological order<\/h3>\n