Chelsea are set to verify the signing of Joao Felix and add one other high-profile participant to their ever-growing squad. And the obvious motive for the switch will add additional gas to the membership’s many critics.
Conor Gallagher, regardless of his affect at Stamford Bridge final season, is on the verge of a transfer in the wrong way, with a five-year deal at Atletico Madrid agreed. That switch had been doubtful after a proposed deal for Chelsea to signal Atletico ahead Samu Omorodion fell via.
The Spanish membership reportedly wanted further funds to go forward with the signing of Gallagher, having spent £81.5 million on Julian Alvarez from Manchester Metropolis. And the sale of Omorodion to Chelsea would have facilitated Gallagher’s transfer.
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However Chelsea, clearly decided to promote their English midfielder and take the pure revenue on provide, have now gone in for a special Atletico participant: Felix. Whereas Felix may nicely be a powerful addition – he confirmed glimpses of his high quality throughout his mortgage spell at Stamford Bridge in 2023 – supporters may baulk on the thought of switch enterprise that appears to be an try to govern Revenue and Sustainability Guidelines.
Chelsea are, after all, not in need of attackers too. Pedro Neto arrived from Wolves earlier this month and the likes of Cole Palmer, Christopher Nkunku, Mykhailo Mudryk, Noni Madueke and Raheem Sterling are amongst Enzo Maresca’s attacking choices.
There was an inevitable backlash to a signing that appears superfluous. Jamie Carragher, talking on Sky Sports activities’ Monday Evening Soccer, stated: “Chelsea have simply acquired to cease shopping for gamers, and gamers have gotten to cease signing for Chelsea. If I used to be a participant, I would suppose ‘why would I signal?’.
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“The one motive you’ll signal is as a result of your agent may say, ‘we’re getting a seven-year deal on huge cash, that is assured cash for seven years.
” what I’d say? Again your self, signal a four-year deal at a correct membership. Once you’re due for renewal, your cash goes up anyway.
“It isn’t a younger and thrilling group. They’ve purchased Joao Felix, the place’s he going to play? They signed Pedro Neto every week in the past, the place’s he going to play once you’ve acquired Cole Palmer already?”
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