Chelsea prepare €50m bid for Premier League’s biggest SURPRISE
Chelsea are ready to launch a huge summer bid for one of the unexpected stars of the Premier League this season.
The Blues have their eyes fixed on Bournemouth attacker Antoine Semenyo, with Enzo Maresca’s side now ready to spend big on the versatile forward, who has emerged as one of the players of the season in England’s top-flight.
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Semenyo has scored seven Premier League goals this season and produced three assists for the Cherries, who have been one of the surprise packages of the campaign as they sit seventh in the standings and have a genuine hope of reaching Europe for the first time.
Chelsea’s eye has been caught by the ability of the 25-year-old to play in numerous positions across the forward line, plus his speed and reading of the game, Fichajes claims.
Maresca believes that his ability to open up spaces and generate constant danger in the opposing box is crucial. The Chelsea coaching staff belief that this is just the type of player required at Stamford Bridge, despite the Blues boasting the fourth-best attacking record in the Premier League behind only Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester City.
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Semenyo has an Estimated Transfer Value (ETV) of €37.5m, and with this figure having exploded since the start of the season, Chelsea’s budget to sign the player, who is under contract with Bournemouth until 2029, appears reasonable.
Data analytics firm SciSports rate Semenyo as one of the leading wingers in the Premier League, meanwhile.
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He is seen as being of a similar standard to Mykhailo Mudryk, who is presently sidelined as he serves a provisional ban for taking a performance-enhancing drug (PED).
Of Chelsea’s current crop of players, only Noni Madueke is outperforming the London-born Ghana international start this term.
Semenyo, though, is 25, which is older than Chelsea typically seek to buy in the transfer market, casting doubt over just how serious their interest is in the player.
