Things are moving very quickly in the story of Chelsea’s interest in Villareal goalkeeper Filip Jorgensen.
From the first few rumours just two days ago, we’ve now reached a point where the Athletic are reporting that we’re “close to agreeing a deal” to sign the Denmark youth international.
Marseille are also interested in Jorgensen, with their new coach Roberto De Zerbi clearly also keen on a goalkeeper who is good with their feet so he can play the same sort of possession football we’re looking to play under new manager Enzo Maresca.
The Athletic say that both we and the French side are “discussing a fee between €20m and €25m” for the Villareal number one, who would apparently prefer
Jorgensen only signed a new 5 year deal at Villareal a month ago, having come through their youth academy, but already looks set to be on the move. He established himself as their first choice option and made 44 first team appearances for the Yellow Submarine as they put in another impressive season of overachievement.
Chelsea are close to agreeing personal terms with Villarreal goalkeeper Filip Jorgensen, who prefers a move to #CFC over Marseille.
Both clubs are discussing a fee between €20m-€25m for the Denmark Under-21 international, who has a €45m release clause at Villarreal.
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— The Athletic | Football (@TheAthleticFC) July 24, 2024
Chelsea risk repeating their same mistakes
We have very serious concerns about this move. The club seem to be making the same mistake over and over again with our goalkeepers. This will be the third budget signing in that position in the space of a year.
Instead of spending a combined £60m on Robert Sanchez, Djordje Petrovic and Jorgensen, why not just spend £60m on an elite option like Mike Maignan or Giorgi Mamadashvili?
If you buy cheap, you buy twice, as the saying goes. Or in this case, three times…
Of course, you’ve just got to hope that our scouts are convinced that this guy is the future, and is just drastically underpriced. But given these same scouts brought us our current crop of options, we’re not convinced they know what they’re looking for.
