{"id":2855,"date":"2021-12-16T15:30:51","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T20:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2021\/12\/16\/chelsea-told-how-much-it-will-cost-to-sign-midfield-starlet\/"},"modified":"2021-12-16T15:30:51","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T20:30:51","slug":"chelsea-told-how-much-it-will-cost-to-sign-midfield-starlet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2021\/12\/16\/chelsea-told-how-much-it-will-cost-to-sign-midfield-starlet\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea told how much it will cost to sign midfield starlet"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Chelsea\u2019s midfield issues<\/h2>\n<p>Chelsea have struggled with midfield issues so far this season, as N\u2019Golo Kante, Jorginho, Mateo Kovacic and Ruben Loftus-Cheek have all been forced into spells on the sidelines.<\/p>\n<div class=\"dugout-video dugout-embed-eyJrZXkiOiIiLCJwIjoiZ3JlYXRnb2FscyIsInBsIjoibWF0Y2gifQ==\"><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.dugout.com\/v3.1\/greatgoals.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Saul Niguez, brought in as deadline day cover for the midfield, has failed to impress, and was hooked at half-time in both of his first two Premier League starts, as he struggled to adapt to life in the English top-flight. Based on current performances, it seems near-on impossible that Chelsea will look to make his loan move permanent come next summer.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">With Conor Gallagher and Billy Gilmour both impressing on loan, there is a less pressing need to sign a new midfielder, yet a defensive option seems to be high up on Chelsea\u2019s list of priorities come the summer.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Conor Gallagher won\u2019t be re-called by Chelsea in January, he\u2019s staying at Crystal Palace to respect the agreement. ? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CPFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CPFC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tuchel: \u201cWe like Gallagher and how well he is doing. Nothing has changed \u2013 we see him all the time. There is no regret [about loaning him out]\u201d. ???????<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1471215953899835395?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And one man who they have targetted for a while is now seemingly on the market.<\/p>\n<h2>Rice or Tchouameni?<\/h2>\n<p>While Chelsea have been heavily <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-10263909\/Declan-Rice-choose-Chelsea-Man-United-leave-West-Ham-claims-Tony-Cottee.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">linked<\/a> with a move for Declan Rice, he may now be too expensive to consider. Another midfielder that they have been linked with in the past is AS Monaco\u2019s Aurelian Tchouameni, who has been incredibly impressive so far this season for the Ligue 1 outfit.<\/p>\n<p>And now, speaking to Tuttosport, the AS Monaco director of football has spoken on a potential move for his starlet, claiming:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cTchouam\u00e9ni can be considered a top player, we\u2019d like to keep him. Price tag? He\u2019s as expensive as our Gran Casin\u00f3\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">AS Monaco director Mitchell: \u201cTchouam\u00e9ni can be considered a top player, we\u2019d like to keep him. Price tag? He\u2019s as expensive as our Gran Casin\u00f3\u201d, he told <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tuttosport?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@tuttosport<\/a> ?? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/transfers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#transfers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chelsea are still interested \u2013 they know that he\u2019s no longer available for \u20ac40\/45m as last summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1471421071370903552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>With Tchouameni under contract until 2024, Monaco are in no rush to sell the 21-year-old, but financial troubles in France mean that offloading the Frenchman could be a viable option should a suitable bid be made.<\/p>\n<p>One thing is for sure, though, his value continues to increase.<\/p>\n<h3>Read more:<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/newcastle-target-tottenham-past-and-present-pair-as-new-competition-emerges-for-defender\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Newcastle target Tottenham past and present pair as new competition emerges for defender<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/thomas-tuchel-issues-update-on-chelseas-ben-chilwell-amid-injury-woes\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Thomas Tuchel issues update on Chelsea\u2019s Ben Chilwell amid injury woes<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea\u2019s midfield issues Chelsea have struggled with midfield issues so far this season, as N\u2019Golo Kante, Jorginho, Mateo Kovacic and Ruben Loftus-Cheek have all been forced into spells on the sidelines. Saul Niguez, brought in as deadline day cover for the midfield, has failed to impress, and was hooked at half-time in both of his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-2855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2855\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}