After seeing Carney Chukwuemeka become the latest Chelsea star to get injured Mauricio Pochettino is having to consider his attacking options, and the Blues hierarchy now know the price they will need to pay if they want to prise Folarin Balogun from London rivals, Arsenal.
According to the Evening Standard the player is open to a move across the capital, and to that end should Pochettino give the nod, the west Londoners are in a great negotiating position.
Though the Gunners are unlikely to accept less than what they believe is the market value for a player whose contract runs out in June 2025, nor will they want a disruptive presence in their dressing room.
If Balogun stays and then isn’t played, it’s likely that he would become exactly that.
The one issue for the Blues, however, is Arsenal’s apparent insistence that Balogun is worth £50m.
Although he scored 21 league goals in 37 games on loan at Reims last season, per the Evening Standard, he’s never done it in the Premier League.
To that end, even with sale prices for players going through the roof in the current transfer market, £50m may be considered to be too high, despite Chelsea’s evident spending capability under Todd Boehly.
There are still nine days left in which to be able to get a deal over the line, but a softening of their stance on Balogun’s fee from Arsenal might be the only way in which deal one gets moving.
Well if Brighton can get over 100 million for a player who has played one season in the premier league and apart from that why not sell Baloun for 50 million the transfer limits dont seem to exist anymore ???
You can keep a player perpetually on the bench and try to convince anyone of his strong market value. That’s the problem with Arteta and Arsenal. Such player will always end a bargain somewhere and a loss to Arsenal.
Arsenal is really poor in players sales.
Your comment hold no water
Hojlund of man utd has never played EPL game, but he is worth £70+ while Balogun is not worth £50
Any player who scores above 20 goals in such appearances in any league is worth that 50m. Chelsea should just buy before the Caicedo saga repeats, and if they see that Balogun is good enough. Period,!
Murdeyk, Caicedo, Hojlund, Enzo, Rice etc are they really worth there price tag?
The only player that is worth 70m is Balogun.