Xabi Alonso go be key figure for Chelsea summer transfer business as incoming manager, with expectations say e go do better than im predecessors for Stamford Bridge.
Transfer window don open less dan two weeks and Chelsea don already dey busy. Dem don spend plenty money to sign Spain international, with versatile 21-year-old defender don dey London to finalise im move. Official confirmation dey wait, but by all intents and purposes, di player go dey play under Alonso next summer.
E fit soon join by Crystal Palace defender, as Chelsea dey work on deal to bring Frenchman to Stamford Bridge after identifying am as top defensive target dis summer. Dere go be multiple more incomings on top of dose two as well.
But Chelsea go dey look at offloading plenty players before summer window close – and one man wey fit leave na Alejandro Garnacho. Di former Manchester United winger don struggle since moving from Old Trafford less dan 12 months ago and don get plenty criticism for im performance level.
Bobby Vincent and Jake Stokes dey agree on wetin Chelsea next move suppose be for Garnacho. Dem say di Blues need to move am on dis summer. While di 21-year-old don show glimpses of wetin e fit offer Chelsea, dose moments don dey few and far between. Im off-di-ball work need serious improvement, and dat na sometin Alonso surely no go accept.
Given Chelsea spend £40m, a relatively modest fee for today market, on di Argentine wide man, dem fit generate most of dat back dis summer. If dem wait and e get anoda poor season, im value go continue to plummet. Chelsea feel say Garnacho worth di risk given di price last summer but so far e no don pay off.
E make sense for Chelsea to cut ties wit di ex-United man for di coming months as new era dey begin for Stamford Bridge. Let di past be di past. Chelsea need to sell Garnacho.
Since joining di Blues from Manchester United, di winger don dey unfairly scrutinised, unable to shake di bizarre ‘troublemaker’ tag, but dat no suppose excuse am from criticism for im performances on di pitch. Garnacho show glimpses of promise, often popping up for di right areas as well as nicking di odd goal here and dere, but e fail to consistently showcase di quality required to be winger for club wey want to qualify for and compete for Champions League.
If e don arrive Stamford Bridge as understudy to world-class forward, wey fit shoulder workload on di left and play key role for winning silverware, rather dan equal competitor to Jamie Gittens, e no go be issue if e stay. Garnacho na live-wire wey sometimes fit make impact off di bench. Di Argentine, however, no be starter wey dem fit rely upon week in, week out.
Di problem be say Garnacho don get taste of regular first-team action for Chelsea, wey e fit now expect under Alonso despite not earning im keep. For season where di Blues go probably only play once, maybe twice on rare occasion, a week, e no dey realistic to keep am.
Generally speaking, Chelsea need to sign top left-winger dis summer. E long overdue.
