Matt Law from The Telegraph has revealed that Chelsea had a “9 man midfielder list” to pursue for either January or the summer transfer windows.
Chelsea felt that they got ahead of the competition by securing the services of Enzo Fernandez who was attracting interest and set for a summer bidding war had Chelsea not swooped in early from the likes of Manchester City and Real Madrid.
Jude Bellingham was the man joint top of Chelsea’s list alongside Enzo but there is recognition now that Chelsea are not amongst the favourites for his signature this summer.
Plus, do Chelsea really need Bellingham’s profile? Enzo Fernandez and Bellingham both thrive when allowed the license to go forward so ideally Chelsea should be looking at a defensive midfielder in this summer’s window. Declan Rice was mentioned in the article as a midfielder on the list but there have been rumours that he might join Arsenal.
Who those other midfielders on the list remain to be seen, we know that Moises Caicedo is another, so that makes four but the other five are unknown as of right now.