Chelsea look unlikely to sign a new centre back as priorities are questioned

As I’ve been reporting for a while now, Chelsea have at all times been wanting on the goalkeeper market and the centre again market this summer time, it’s simply by no means been the primary precedence. And it is because Enzo Maresca requested the membership to prioritise bettering the assault first.

For goalkeeper, as I’ve defined a number of instances now, it’s very advanced and there are various causes as to why up to now they haven’t signed a brand new keeper or gone again in for Mike Maignan. I’m not totally ruling it out, however it will want considered one of Robert Sanchez or Filip Jorgensen to be bought, and that’s now vastly unlikely except a late shock.

For centre again, I’m a tiny bit extra hopeful on as a result of Enzo Maresca has requested for one, however I nonetheless see it as unlikely this late within the window now. Chelsea would want to promote Axel Disasi, Renato Veiga, and possibly even Trevoh Chalobah to have the ability to herald a brand new centre again now. I say Chalobah and never Benoit Badiashile as a result of the latter is injured till September.

There’s nothing to recommend proper now that Chelsea will promote Chalobah, however he’s at all times been one on the record that they would definitely hearken to provides for.

The explanations Chelsea aren’t shopping for a brand new goalkeeper and a brand new centre again is diverse, however considered one of them is FIFA. Chelsea want to verify their switch stability stays ‘optimistic’ in any other case the effective they’ve bought goes to extend much more however not solely that.

Kieran Gill of The Every day Mail reviews:

‘Chelsea’s advanced settlement with UEFA included a document effective price £26.8m rising to £78.5m, however the important thing sporting sanction warned how the membership ‘might not register any new participant on Checklist A to UEFA membership competitions except the Checklist A Switch Stability is optimistic’.

‘Chelsea have lower than two weeks to show to UEFA that they’ve balanced their books sufficient to be permitted so as to add their abundance of summer time signings to Enzo Maresca’s Champions League squad for this season.

‘UEFA have now confirmed that their auditors will solely be accounting for the cash made on those that have been named within the squad submitted by Chelsea for final season’s Convention League knockout levels.

‘Crucially, meaning the gross sales of Kiernan Dewsbury-Corridor to Everton, Noni Madueke to Arsenal and Mathis Amougou to Strasbourg will work in the direction of satisfying UEFA, however the exits of Felix et al won’t.’

And that’s the reason we’re seemingly caught with out addressing the goalkeeper and centre again positions. But it surely begs the query, why are we prioritising Alejandro Garnacho so extremely when there are extra urgent considerations?

However as reported, Chelsea ARE within the centre again market wanting on the choices so something can nonetheless occur.

On centre backs at Chelsea, Kieran Gill continued:

“Whereas Chelsea are continually monitoring the market in case alternatives crop up, it will probably require somebody leaving the Blues to ensure that them to deliver anybody in.”

So there you’ve gotten it people. There’s nonetheless some very slight hope, however the chances are now that Chelsea aren’t going to signal a brand new goalkeeper or a brand new centre again. However don’t consider reviews that declare they’re ‘pleased’ with what they’ve bought. Enzo Maresca definitely isn’t.

It’s true that Robert Sanchez has impressed them much more these days. However they actually tried to signal Mike Maignan this summer time, in addition to Dean Huijsen. So that they completely wished to enhance BOTH positions this summer time. FIFA and our personal odd priorities are actually making that unlikely.