“Enzo and Chelsea really likes him”- Chelsea bid £45m for underrated attacker
The majority of football fans won’t know anything about Samu Omorodion, if you ask them. But Chelsea is, maybe more than we realized, really interested in him.
Ben Jacobs believes that. In a really fascinating transfer special, the well-connected Chelsea journalist was featured on our writer Simon Phillips’ podcast today. Many issues have already been discussed elsewhere, but Samu is an extremely fascinating topic that appears to be gaining attention over time.
The striker for Atletico Madrid may not be well-known—he toiled away on loan at Alaves, a team that was in danger of relegation—but he has a lot of potential, and his club is unwilling to let him leave. Jacobs claims that offers have already come in from Chelsea, who “really like” the powerful forward. One of these offers was apparently “as much as £45m.”
A big number for a big bloke
That’s a huge amount to pay for a relatively unproven player, showing just how much we must rate him. The idea still seems to be that he’s a similar profile to Nicolas Jackson and can rotate and compete with him, although they do also have some different qualities.
Also mentioned is Jonathan David, who has been linked with a Premier League move for years without anything happening. It seems, once again, that he’s a backup option that we’re willing to call on if other deals don’t work out, but he doesn’t sound like a priority at all.
Overall, despite the quiet surface, it seems like wheels remain in motion, and big bids like this one for Omorodion are being put in without too much leaking out. While it might not end up being him who joins, it seems impossible we make it to September without at least one significant attacking addition to help out Enzo Maresca.