As we go into day 17 of the January switch window, all of the chatter stays a couple of new striker doubtlessly arriving this month.
Yesterday began very full of life and stories in Portugal claimed Chelsea had a proposal rejected for Sporting striker Viktor Gyokeres.
As you may keep in mind, we broke the unique information on Chelsea’s curiosity in Gyokeres on my web site, Si Phillips Talks Chelsea, nevertheless it had been anticipated for weeks now that Chelsea wouldn’t be making a transfer this month, and he wished to see the season out at his membership.
Studies of a proposal from Chelsea have been quickly shot down by dependable English sources, and that was that!
However the discuss of a possible short-term choice coming in for Chelsea this month continues to be a risk. However who’re they taking a look at?
There’s been speculative chatter surrounding each Roberto Firmino and Karim Benzema, and there was additionally point out of Aleksander Mitrovic yesterday too. Nothing strong, and actually, essentially the most real looking choice there seems to be like Firmino.
Benzema’s wages are ridiculous, and it seems to be like Mitrovic needs to remain the place he’s.
However perhaps if Benzema needs to go away Saudi so badly, that he considers a pay-cut? Or perhaps Mitrovic thinks that truly, perhaps a return to the Premier League could be interesting, particularly if it’s Chelsea?
I requested the neighborhood on my web site for his or her ideas on these three names this week, and the outcomes are fairly clear.
In the beginning although, are we even open to a short-term choice arriving? In brief, sure, we completely are.
I requested whether or not you’ll be completely happy for Chelsea to signal (the proper profile) a short-term ST choice this month provided that a everlasting choice is just not attainable?
86% stated sure, 12% will not be certain, and solely 2% are towards this concept.
I fully agree with the 86%.
Firmino although, is just not such a preferred selection with us right here.
I requested, would you be completely happy if Firmino arrived on mortgage this month?
46% stated no, 34% will not be certain, and simply 20% stated sure.
I feel I’d be within the ‘unsure’ part on this one I’m afraid, firmly on the fence.
Clive Brunskill
However who I’m not on the fence about is Benzema and Mitrovic, I’d take each of these at Chelsea proper now, and looks like the vast majority of you’ll as nicely.
I requested, would you be completely happy if Benzema arrived on mortgage this month?
A giant 79% stated sure, 14% are not sure, and solely 7% stated no.
I requested, would you be proud of Mitrovic arrived on mortgage this month?
This was nearly unanimous! 92% stated sure, 5% are not sure, and simply 2% stated no.
I’m totally with the 92% right here. If there’s ANY probability in any respect to get Mitrovic this month, you go and get him.
82% are even open to signing him on a short-term everlasting deal, whereas solely 49% are open to doing the identical factor with Benzema.
The factor with the latter is he has astronomical wages. So if he significantly needs a transfer again to Europe, he should decrease them drastically. Solely in Saudi will he get such wages.
Sadly although Mitrovic may simply keep the pipedream as a result of Saudi are very reluctant to let gamers depart proper now on account of not wanting to offer the league a foul rep, and in addition he’s doing so nicely there this season that insiders don’t assume he’ll even take into consideration leaving.
It’s attention-grabbing to see although, that almost all of us on this neighborhood imagine it could be sensible for Chelsea to get a short-term striker choice on this month after which maybe go all out for a predominant goal in the summertime.
For me, it merely MUST be the proper profile that we want although, and that’s an all spherical confirmed quantity 9 with an aerial risk, somebody who can maintain the ball up and hyperlink the play, and somebody who can bodily combine it with PL defenders and naturally, is aware of precisely the place the online is and isn’t a young person!!
