a summer transfer window of all dangers!

Nothing is simple on the side of Chelsea. If Arsenal shines brightly and is heading for the Premier League title, the other London club is having a much more complicated season. Pointing to a disappointing tenth place in the league, despite insane activity on the transfer market, the Blues now place all their hopes on the European scene and this quarter-final of the Champions League which is looming against Real Madrid (12 and April 18). A double confrontation of all the dangers for the men of Graham Potter, which is more at a time when Chelsea is forced to balance its accounts.

Chelsea risks losing very big!

After announcing a £121million loss this week, which they blamed on government sanctions against former owner Roman Abramovich last season, the London bosses find themselves, indeed, under fair play pressure financial. The result of an ambitious but financially risky sports policy. Thus, since the arrival of Todd Boehly at the helm of the club, Chelsea have accumulated a bill of 606 million pounds sterling. All this while sometimes paying higher wages to dissuade new recruits from looking elsewhere.

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Yes, but now, with the very real prospect of not playing Europe next season, the London club, which has a sizeable group with 32 players in the first team, risks having to part with several frameworks in order to comply with the rules of financial fair play. Present at a press conference this Friday, Graham Potter also conceded, in this sense, that Chelsea should certainly sell players to rival clubs this summer. And a real raid could take place… In total, six Blues are thus concerned by a possible departure.

New arrivals to be expected?

To begin with, Mason Mount sees its future questioned and will be sold if it does not extend. As mentioned by the Daily Mail, the talks around a possible extension have still not succeeded for the 24-year-old Englishman, who has 16 months of contract left. For his part, Mateo Kovacic, with the same contract duration, has not started negotiations. In addition to these two executives, Chelsea are also at risk of losing Conor Gallagher, Trevoh Chalobah, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Callum Hudson-Odoi… What rightly worries the Blues manager.

This is the challenge we have. We have a great team, a deep team with a lot of very good players. These things are really complicated because it’s not my opinion. It’s about the player, the club, a lot of things that I don’t control. All I can do is give my opinion of Mason as a footballer and a person and I have nothing but good things to say about him. I also have huge respect for Mateo as a person. He plays a role for the team and also served as captain. But that’s between Mateo and the club. It’s never an ideal world and you have to deal with what you have to manage in the summer and make decisions, admitted Graham Potter, somewhat distraught.

Graham Potter opens the door to Romelu Lukaku!

However, if the sporting situation of Chelsea remains worrying and that the financial aspect is also a problem to be taken in progress, the manager of the Blues intends to take advantage of this summer transfer window to attract new profiles. Indeed, if this wave of departure were to be confirmed, The Evening Standard indicates that Chelsea could enter the dance concerning Victor Osimhen. Besides, the Blues would also be interested in signing Alejandro Balde according to the latest information from Sport.

Asked, finally, about the case Romelu Lukaku, loaned by the London formation on the side of Inter Milan, Graham Potter was also open to a possible return to Stamford Bridge. “He has to finish the season well and then we have a decision to make. He’s someone I really like and admire a lot, but it’s something we need to talk about this summer.”, assured, as such, the 47-year-old English technician. Understand, in any case, that the summer transfer window of Chelsea promises to be still boiling. In the direction of departures as that of arrivals…