Chelsea have Bournemouth’s Milos Kerkez on their radar and will add one other left again this summer time given uncertainty over Renato Veiga’s future in accordance with Ben Jacobs.
Marc Cucurella is at the moment Chelsea’s first selection left again, with the Spain worldwide as soon as once more having an excellent season.
The Blues signed Veiga final summer time to predominantly be the back-up left again, though Chelsea additionally admired his versatility given he might play at each centre again and in midfield.
Chelsea have Kerkez on their radar
Veiga surprisingly determined he wished to go away in January so as and left to affix Juventus on mortgage.
After an excellent begin the Portugal worldwide picked up an harm because the Italian giants bought dumped out of the Champions League by PSV Eindhoven.
Enzo Maresca at the moment doesn’t have a pure back-up to Cucurella and if something had been to occur to the Spaniard then Malo Gusto or Reece James must swap sides which isn’t splendid.
A left again isn’t regarded as a precedence, however Jacobs has reported Chelsea have Kerkez on their radar and recognize the participant,
“Chelsea additionally recognize Kerkez and will add one other left-back given Renato Veiga’s future is unclear,” he wrote in his
“The 21-year-old can play in a number of positions and is at the moment on mortgage at Juventus with no possibility to purchase, however he needs to play common minutes – at centre-back – within the construct as much as the 2026 World Cup in an effort to improve his probabilities of Portugal choice.
“Marc Cucurella is the present first-choice left-back at Chelsea. The actual fact each Malo Gusto and even Reece James can swap sides, plus Levi Colwill is an possibility, means the Blues have loads of cowl. Nonetheless, Kerkez is a participant the west Londoners have been monitoring because the summer time of 2024.”
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Jacobs add that Bournemouth would count on in extra of £40m for the Hungary worldwide, who can also be attracting sturdy curiosity from Liverpool.
The Cherries paid round £15.5m for the Hungarian in the summertime of 2023 and so far he’s made 63 appearances for the south coast membership.