An interesting article.
Chelsea line up bids for Wigan Athletic winger Victor Moses and Marseille right-back Cesar Azpilicueta
Chelsea’s huge summer spending is not over, with the European champions intending to
sign two more players and send five out on loan over the next fortnight, chief executive Ron Gourlay has said.
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Gourlay conceded that the squad “had to be strengthened” after last season and that he expected both £35 million signing Eden Hazard and £25 million arrival Oscar to go straight into the first-team.
He hinted that the likes of Romelu Lukaku and Kevin De Bruyne, along with Hazard’s brother Thorgan, would be among those loaned out and conceded that, at present, the Chelsea squad has “too big a pool” of players.
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he summer signings – a raft of young attacking players also including Marko Marin – are set to continue with Chelsea targeting 21-year-old Wigan Athletic right-winger Victor Moses, for an initial £6 million rising to £9 million, and Marseille’s 22-year-old Spanish right-back Cesar Azpilicueta for £8 million. Older players such as Yossi Benayoun and Florent Malouda are for sale while Chelsea could listen to offers for Michael Essien, despite his protestations that he wants to stay.
“The average age of the side has come down dramatically,” Gourlay said. “Hazard and Oscar are two players that will definitely feature in the first team.” He added that it was “important to decide” what was right for £11 million signing Lukaku, who has disappointed on the club’s pre-season tour of the United States.
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He didn’t rule out that continuing but added the pressures of Financial Fair Play regulations, and the desire to “break even” meant the club had to think about players costing “£6-12 million” who will develop into ones “worth £25-30 million”. “With FFP we have got to be a bit more clever,” he said.
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