Chelsea will have to sell multiple defenders to afford premium addition next summer

We’ve hear so many times about this interest, but nothing ever seems to come of it. We don’t expect that to change now. Barcelona are always willing to consider a sale because of their financial situation, and Chelsea are always on the lookout for undervalued talent in the market.

But the price they would ask and the price we’re willing to pay are probably still just too far apart. Until he’s into the final year of his contract, Barca are going to be asking a lot, and our model doesn’t really allow for that.

If we sell a couple of defenders next summer, that could change – but until then, we don’t see a deal happening here.

In other news…

The international break has seen striker Marc Guiu talking about his departure from Barcelona, and it seems that Chelsea really dodged a bullet by snapping him up rather than the more expensive option who had replaced him in Barcelona.

Chelsea’s stats from the season aren’t too pleasant so far – their xG is falling and there’s not an obvious solution to the problem until Liam Delap is back.