Chelsea are in hot pursuit of Leon Bailey. He is a 22 years old, Jamaican lethal and clinical finisher. Bailey currently plays for Bayer Leverkusen in the Germany Bundesliga.
According to reports, The hard working forward and left winger is being touted to replace Willain and Pedro who are most likely to leave Chelsea this summer.
His boyhood idol is none other than Lionel Messi to whom has been aligned his exceptional and devastating speed with the ball.
The €40 million rated forward is also needed to beef up and support Pulisic (scored the equaliser against Aston Villa lately), Callum Hudson-Odoi and Hakim Ziyech(already in the books of Chelsea).
Bailey played for KRC Genk in the 2015/16 season before moving to Bayer Leverkusen in 2016/17 season at a relatively tender age of 18 years.
This season, he has made, so far, total 21 appearances for Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga, scoring 5 goals with 3 assists.
He appeared for Bayer Leverkusen 3 times in the Champions League in the 2018/19 season, 3 appearances in the Europa League in the 2019/20 season for the club. In total , he has 29 appearances in all competitions, 7 goals, and 3 assists.