‘Marina did a lot of damage, but we have to sell them’ – Chelsea fans reacted after Tuchel stuck with 5 unwanted Chelsea players
According to latest reports, via the Daily Telegraph‘s Matt Law: Chelsea have not managed to find any buyers for the likes of Kepa Arrizabalaga, Michy Batshuayi, Timo Werner, Hakim Ziyech and Kenedy this summer,
However, The reliable journalist claims that a combination of high wages and poor performances have meant clubs have held back from making offers for some of the Blues’ unwanted players:
It does look as if the Blues may have to loan out some of these players to get them off the club’s books. Kepa has been attracting interest from Lazio, while Ziyech has been pursued by AC Milan.
Things are less promising for Batshuayi and Kenedy so there may come a point where a mutual termination of their contracts is considered, especially as both are already in the final year of their current deals.
With Werner, it looks almost certain that he will remain at Stamford Bridge as his astronomically high salary has scared off any potential suitors.
Below are the Blues fans reactions:
@omojaytee2: We should just release them all for free
@hazards_fan: Thanks to Marina
@SimonBless10: If you can’t sell them, just gift them out. We are tired of them.
@Horpizzy2: Marina did a lot of damage
@cfc_muhd: They should terminate their contact period
@Kachi188: Marina was hanging out contract extensions for fringe players like candy. Good luck to all involved.
@CFC12thMan: That doesn’t really achieve much when the fundamental issue is their cost on the wage bill.
@CFCMXTT: Ridiculous that some of these players were given extensions when going out on loans by previous ownership on the chance they’d strike gold . Best thing to do now is to terminate the contracts with a year left, the likes of Barkley, Batshuayi, Kenedy etc…