Chelsea have inquired about Napoli midfielder, according to quotes from Radio CRC, here carried by well-known Chelsea Twitter account Chelsea HQ:
Joao Santos (agent): "Liverpool, Manchester City, #Chelsea and Arsenal have already inquired about Jorginho.“ [Radio CRC]
— Chels HQ (@Chels_HQ) May 17, 2018
Joao Santos (agent): "Jorginho has two years left in his contract with Napoli but nobody from has called me to extend his contract.“ [Radio CRC]
— Chels HQ (@Chels_HQ) May 17, 2018
Joao Santos (agent): "A future agreement with a Premier League club would be no problem, but that doesn’t mean we have already closed a deal.“ [Radio CRC]
— Chels HQ (@Chels_HQ) May 17, 2018
This really shouldn’t be too surprising. Chelsea will be keeping tabs on all of the world’s top players, and Jorginho has established himself as one of these in the past two years. In fact, it’s a bit of a surprise that nobody took a gamble on the Italian last summer – if Chelsea had, they might have saved themselves a huge amount of money compared with how much buying him this summer would cost.
What’s obvious from these quotes is that, while no deal is done, Mr Santos is very much hinting that one could be done easily. With two years left on his deal, and his value probably peaking after another great season under Maurizio Sarri at Napoli, it makes sense for the club and the player to move on now if the offer is right.
