When Chelsea find a transfer target they like, they get their claws into them and they wait.
There aren’t many players with the quality and the personality to play for Chelsea – and even fewer of those are in positions where they can be bought. So patience is important for the Blues.
Just look at how they’ve dealt with Jules Kounde. Last summer, they came very close to signing him, but in the end Sevilla asking price kept creeping up and Marina Granovskaia pulled the plug.
But that didn’t mean it was on to the next target. Instead we’ve kept an eye on him and his situation, and with another year knocked off his contract we’re back in place now to swoop again.
SportWitness today have quotes from Italy which claim we’re getting close to agreeing a deal of €55m with €5m in bonuses. If that happens, it will be all the more credit to the long term planners of the team.
