2023-06-22 20:56:00
Only twelfth place in the Premier League, plus 38 professionals currently under contract: Chelsea FC is pushing ahead with the downsizing of its squad. In doing so, the Blues will leave real pillars of the 2021 Champions League victory.
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N’Golo Kanté – The Best Of N’Golo Kanté (32) is on a free transfer and has already signed for Al Ittihad in Saudi Arabia. matthew kovacic (29) is about to move to Manchester City. A transfer fee of up to 35 million euros will flow.
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The German international will be even more expensive Kai Havertz (24). The offensive man is likely to move to Arsenal in London. Cost point: the equivalent of almost 76 million. A similar sum is demanded by Manchester United for Chelsea Mason Mount (24).
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The Saudi connection
Ex-world goalkeeper Edouard Mendy (31 / Al Ahli), recently only number two, like Kanté, Hakim Ziyech (30 / Al Nassr), Kalidou Koulibaly (32 / Al Hilal) and possibly also the loan returnee Callum Hudson -Odoi (22) and Romelu Lukaku (30) to Saudi Arabia.
It certainly has a stale aftertaste: the Saudi Arabian state and Chelsea are linked through the US investment firm Clearlake. It remains to be seen whether transfers above market value will ultimately flow from Saudi Arabia to London.
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