{"id":62816,"date":"2026-06-02T21:35:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T20:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=62816"},"modified":"2026-06-02T21:35:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T20:35:24","slug":"chelsea-enters-race-algerian-star-rafik-belghali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=62816","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea Enters Race for Algerian Star Rafik Belghali Amid Stellar Hellas Verona Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>English Premier League powerhouse Chelsea Football Club has reportedly joined the growing list of elite European teams vying for the signature of Algerian international right-back Rafik Belghali. This development comes as the summer transfer window approaches, following Belghali&#39;s exceptional performances with his Italian club, Hellas Verona, during the recently concluded season.<\/p>\n<h2>Rafik Belghali Chelsea transfer<\/h2>\n<p>Belghali&#39;s stellar debut season with Hellas Verona has not gone unnoticed. His consistent displays and impressive skill set have sparked intense competition among major European clubs keen to secure the services of the talented Algerian defender. Chelsea&#39;s reported interest signals the high regard in which Belghali is held, potentially setting the stage for a significant transfer battle.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related topics:<\/strong> Rafik Belghali, Chelsea FC transfer, Algerian footballer, Hellas Verona, football transfer news, Premier League rumours<\/p>\n<p><em>DZWatch provides English-language coverage of Algeria-focused developments for international readers.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>English giants Chelsea are reportedly eyeing Algerian international Rafik Belghali after his standout season with Hellas Verona, setting up a potential&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":62815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/62815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}