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The upcoming summer season switch window is make-or-break for Chelsea.
The Todd Boehly and Clearlake consortium should usher in the precise gamers and profiles to bolster the Chelsea roster or threat getting additional caught on this mediocre cycle.
Chelsea want a striker and are available in the market for a centre-back/left-back. Signing game-changers in these positions will make all of the distinction for supervisor Enzo Maresca.
Whereas they’ve caught to their weapons with the youthful method, they desperately want extra expertise. Extra importantly, they require gamers who can hit the bottom operating.
With these wants in thoughts, Chelsea ought to look towards the Primeira Liga. The Portuguese high flight is a fertile floor for expertise and will maintain the answer to Chelsea’s issues.
Viktor Gyokeres (Sporting CP)
An apparent answer to Chelsea’s ending issues is Sporting CP hitman Viktor Gyokeres, who has attracted Arsenal and Manchester United.
The Swedish sensation would give Chelsea one other dimension in assault. He’s the highest marksman they’re lacking.
Gyokeres has been a revelation within the Portuguese league, bagging 43 targets and 15 assists to spearhead Sporting to the title final season.
He has recorded 52 targets and 12 assists this time period. Gyokeres leads the way in which on the Primeira Liga scoring chart with 38 targets in 31 outings.
The 26-year-old former Coventry Metropolis striker is somebody Chelsea star Nicolas Jackson can be taught from.
He’s an answer to their woes and could be a steal if the membership can get him at round €60-80 million.
Samu Aghehowa (FC Porto)
Chelsea got here near signing Samu Aghehowa final summer season, and in hindsight, the Blues made a large mistake choosing Joao Felix.
Aghehowa joined Porto and has delivered the products in Portugal, netting 24 targets in 40 appearances. He’s solely behind Gyokeres within the race for high scorer with 18 league targets.
The 20-year-old is a strong and instinctive finisher whose recreation might use refining. Nonetheless, Aghehowa has the uncooked expertise to blow up at Stamford Bridge.
He brings totally different qualities to Jackson, and Chelsea would possibly think about a deal if they will beat down his €100 million launch clause.
Sadly, his relative inexperience won’t assist the membership, however he’s an enormous expertise that may pique Chelsea’s curiosity.
Tomas Araujo (Benfica)
Chelsea have been reportedly near signing Benfica centre-back Tomas Araujo final summer season after his profitable spell at Gil Vicente, however a deal by no means materialised.
Araujo has gone from taking part in second fiddle to turning into a vital cog, successful 59% of his aerial and 59% of his floor duels in 26 league appearances this yr.
The 22-year-old has helped Benfica maintain seven clear sheets and established himself as among the finest ball-playing centre-backs within the league.
With Wesley Fofana struggling to remain match, Chelsea would possibly revisit a deal for the Portuguese defender, although they have already got too many centre-halves on their books.
Ousmane Diomande (Sporting CP)
Ousmane Diomande is one other identify within the Chelsea hearsay mill, and the Blues might make a play for his signature this summer season.
The Ivorian is a cultured defender who can grow to be among the finest on the earth in his place.
He’s a meaty centre-back who has received 62% of his aerial and 58% of his floor duels whereas serving to Sporting maintain 9 clear sheets.
Diomande is a improbable ball-playing centre-back who can kind a strong partnership with Levi Colwill on the again.
If the Blues need him, they must transfer quick, with Arsenal reportedly eyeing him as a possible substitute for Actual Madrid-linked William Saliba.
