Mauricio Pochettino, the Chelsea coach, has clearly indicated that he wants an attacking reinforcement, especially after the injury of Christopher Nkunku and that, less serious, of Carney Chukwuemeka.
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The Argentinian, passed by the benches of Tottenham and PSG, revealed that the management of the English club was working to find “good profile” in attack. However, Chelsea have a lot of central attacking elements in their squad to compensate – Nicolas Jackson, Armando Broja, Mason Burstow, Romelu Lukaku – but the last three are, for example, not considered by the coach. For the 30-year-old Belgian, who returned from a loan to Inter, the atmosphere is also very cold with Mauricio Pochettino, since the two men simply do not speak to each other.
An interest in a Premier League player
The Blues therefore multiply the tracks in attack, and have focused in particular on the player of Arsenal, Folarin Balogun. Author of an exceptional season on loan to Reims – 22 goals in 39 games – in Ligue 1, the 22-year-old American returned to the Gunners this summer with ambition and, also, the wish to s to go to hold. But none of the clubs interested – Inter, Monaco – seem to be able to satisfy the demands of the team coached by Mikel Arteta.
According to’Evening Standard, Arsenal claims the sum of 60 million euros. Which could cool Chelsea, even if the English club did not stand out for its measure during the last transfer windows. According to Transfer marketthe market value of Folarin Balogun is half that – 30 million euros.
Three secondary options
But the formation trained by Mauricio Pochettino has other leads, in the event of failure of the file leading to the former Reims. Chelsea notably have Lyonnais Bradley Bracola on their short list, insistently followed by PSG, Mohamed Kudus (Ajax), as well as Brennan Johnson, the 22-year-old Welshman from Nottingham Forest.
Response on the subject of the attacker in the coming weeks.
2023-08-22 19:31:11
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