Blues “offered” first team player to La Liga club as they’re close to replace 24-years-old Chelsea star
Things seem to be moving quickly at Chelsea in terms of transfers now that there has been no activity for a while.
We’re in negotiations with Villareal to sign goalkeeper Filip Jorgensen for a fee “between €20m and €25m,” according to a recent report from The Athletic.
That would make quite the backlog, what with him and the two stoppers we signed a year ago. So it makes sense that we appear to be attempting to move one already. The player who finished the season as the top scorer may already be headed out, according to Ben Jacobs’ editorial for GiveMeSport yesterday.
Jacobs claims that Djordje Petrovic was “recently offered to Genoa” as the Blues look to shake up their roster at the back. Genoa however have “no desire to loan Petrovic” as they seek to replace Josep Martinez, who they in turn sold to Inter this summer. We’re sure something can be agreed – perhaps a loan with an option to buy would please all parties and make it financially viable all around?
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It would be quite the unceremonious dumping for the Serbia international who did well after coming into the team to replace the injured Robert Sanchez at Christmastime.
It’s true that most fans aren’t convinced by him as a long term option, but it would still be a pretty brutal discarding of a player who didn’t let us down in a major way. Still, if Jorgensen is an upgrade on Petrovic and Sanchez, there’s no reason to be sentimental about it. We’re not sure what kind of fee we’d get for Petrovic, but it would likely be pretty close to what we’re paying Villareal for Jorgensen.