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Ousmane Diomande, Enzo Maresca and Antonio Silva (Picture by Gualter Fatia, Michael Regan, Marco Luzzani/Getty Photos)
Chelsea reportedly have an extended listing of switch targets in defence this January, with as many as seven names in thoughts at centre-back.
In line with Simon Phillips, these names are: Benfica duo Tomas Araujo and Antonio Silva, Bournemouth pair Dean Huijsen and Illia Zabarnyi, Ousmane Diomande of Sporting Lisbon, Marc Guehi of Crystal Palace, and Barcelona’s Ronald Araujo.
Chelsea may even recall Trevoh Chalobah this January if they will’t get another offers accomplished, in accordance with the report, with the Blues eager to make sure they’ve sufficient depth on the again.
Chelsea supervisor Enzo Maresca at present has a couple of choices in defence, however Wesley Fofana is injured and doesn’t have the very best health document basically, whereas others like Axel Disasi and Benoit Badiashile haven’t carried out as anticipated.
Tosin Adarabioyo joined CFC in the summertime and has accomplished alright when he’s made it into the staff, nevertheless it appears he hasn’t earned the belief of Maresca as he’s not been a daily.
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Antonio Silva and Tomas Araujo of Benfica have been linked with Chelsea (Picture by Alexander Hassenstein, Gualter Fatia/Getty Photos)
Chelsea might do nicely to enhance their depth and all-round high quality within the centre-back place, with the likes of Silva, Diomande and Huijsen all among the many best younger defenders within the sport for the time being.
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Silva and Araujo have each impressed at Benfica and one imagines they’re two gamers the membership will wrestle to maintain maintain of, as they’ve so usually had their star names poached previously, together with, in fact, Enzo Fernandez to Chelsea.
The likes of Guehi and Huijsen have the benefit of being confirmed within the Premier League, so could possibly be good choices, however one imagines it may cost extra to signal them from rival English golf equipment.
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Some Chelsea followers may additionally really feel fairly content material with recalling Chalobah from his mortgage at Crystal Palace.
The 25-year-old has carried out nicely at Selhurst Park this season and hadn’t actually accomplished loads flawed at Stamford Bridge both, wanting a bit unfortunate to be offloaded in the summertime.
