Chelsea have been linked with one of the Championship's best people next year
Chelsea's hectic summer could discover them move for one of the best players in next month's Championship.
The Blue have had a normal hectic day since the 2023/24 year ended with a sixth-place complete, as director Mauricio Pochettino left the club immediately after the battle ended, to be replaced by Enzo Maresca, who had just led Leicester City back to the Premier League.
The Stamford Bridge area have also been one of the Premier League's first movers in the transfer market, first filing Tosin Adarabioyo on a completely from Fulham, before bringing in Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall from Leicester, Omari Kellyman from Aston Villa and Renato Veiga from Basel, while moving on Ian Maatsen, Lewis Hall and Omari Hutchinson.
Maresca may be ready to make yet another colorful move as the second-tier's Player of the Season, Crysencio Summerville of Leeds United, is in the offing.
That's according to Teamtalk, who report that the Blue have held conversations with the 22-year-old's staff over a possible move to east London this summer. Chelsea were foremost linked with the French winger in February, as Summerville enjoyed a year that saw him score 21 goals and lay on ten help for Leeds.
But the Premier League side may have to do struggle with Rennes, who are said to be wanting attack Elland Road afterwards, following this week's filing of midfielder Glen Kamara from the West Yorkshire area.
The document adds that Leeds ' asking amount is believed to be in the £30million to £35million variety, and the team expect Summerville to abandon this summer, despite the player never openly requesting a move.
The Dutch under-21 star is under contract at Leeds until 2026, with the club already having seen a host of departures this summer as their failure to win promotion back to the Premier League begins the bite. Homegrown star Archie Gray has been the headline sale so far this summer, when he joined Tottenham for a fee of around £35million.
In DataVictory's opinion, Summerville would fit the profile of the kind of player Chelsea have targeted in recent windows- young, exciting and attack-minded. Last season saw Summerville knuckle down and really begin to deliver on his potential, as his dribbling ability and knack for cutting inside and shooting came to the fore.
The nagging question would be whether or not he would have as much success against Premier League defenders and his slight frame could be an issue.
From a business standpoint, if they could get a fee in excess of £30 million for the 22-year-old, then Transfermarkt would consider this at €20 million. However, while Leeds fans saw the sale of Archie Gray as a kick in the teeth, they had hoped that would be the only major sale needed to ensure profitability and sustainability compliance and would mean they could hold firm when it came to selling other key players. It would require a significant replacement.
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