Chelsea have now joined the race to signal a “massively spectacular” £70m ahead, who lately broke a Champions League report.
Blues’ profitable streak ended by Sunderland
After profitable 4 video games on the spin in all competitions, Chelsea followers may very well be forgiven for anticipating a snug victory at residence in opposition to newly-promoted Sunderland, however their profitable streak was dropped at an abrupt finish.
Chemsdine Talbi’s stoppage-time winner secured all three factors for the guests, with the Blues hardly laying a glove on their opponents, recording an xG of simply 0.90 all through the match, which is able to little doubt be a priority for Enzo Maresca.
It was a really poor efficiency from the hosts, and maybe the one slight optimistic was Alejandro Garnacho’s efficiency, with the summer time signing scoring his first aim since arriving from Manchester United.
It’s nonetheless early days, however Garnacho will now be hoping he can kick on and silence the doubters, with journalist Ollie Holt not satisfied the winger’s transfer to Stamford Bridge will pan out.
In line with a report from Caught Offside, Chelsea have additionally joined the race for one more younger ahead, having despatched scouts to observe Bayern Munich ahead Lennart Karl in motion, however a deal is anticipated to be on the costly aspect.
Certainly, Bayern worth their break-out teenager at round €70m – €80m (£61m – £70m), which suggests the west Londoners could must shell out an enormous payment to tempt the German membership right into a sale.
Having lately smashed the earlier report to develop into Bayern’s youngest-ever Champions League goalscorer, quite a few prime golf equipment have joined the race for Karl, with Arsenal and Manchester Metropolis additionally named as potential suitors.
“Massively spectacular” Karl may very well be future star
It’s a very promising signal that the 17-year-old has managed to power his method into Vincent Kompany’s plans at such a younger age, that includes six instances within the Bundesliga this season, throughout which period he has chipped in with two aim contributions.
Having additionally gotten off the mark within the Champions League, {the teenager} has confirmed he may very well be a future star, however there are doubts over whether or not he’s the kind of signing that Chelsea want at this stage.
The Blues added Jamie Gittens and Garnacho to their ranks this summer time, so it’s questionable whether or not they want to usher in one other younger winger, with Paul Merson lately emphasizing {that a} lack of expertise is an actual problem.
Merson stated: “The workforce is simply too younger. The oldest participant there may be 23, 24? Whenever you get a younger workforce, you’re up and down, they’ve wingers who’re very inconsistent.”
As such, fairly than signing Karl, who has been described as “massively spectacular” by scout Ben Mattinson, Chelsea might do with bringing in gamers with extra expertise, as a substitute of being so hell-bent on solely signing younger gamers.
