Romelu Lukaku’s agent has slammed the Saudi Pro League for making his exit from Chelsea difficult.
While the striker was eventually loaned out to Roma, Chelsea was aiming to have him off their books permanently.
Sebastien Ledure, Lukaku’s agent, told Belgian station RTL that the Saudi Pro League’s excessive expenditure had priced his client out of a move. “It was very difficult [for European clubs to sign Lukaku],” he remarked. It was even impossible to discuss a loan arrangement at the start of the transfer window Reported by Football London
“The Chelsea owners were looking for a final solution, a transaction, a permanent transfer.” The emergence of Saudi teams on the international transfer market was the major change this summer.
“They have set the bar so high in terms of the transfer compensation offered to European clubs, and in this case to Chelsea, that it has become very difficult for European clubs to line up and therefore, on the one hand, you have a club that is not opposed to a transfer.”
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Terry backs Pochettino
John Terry believes Mauricio Pochettino can become a success at Chelsea – despite the club’s poor start to the campaign.
Two defeats from the opening four Premier League games has hardly set the world alight but, speaking at a live event, the Blues legend backed Pochettino. Chelsea travel to Bournemouth after the international break and Terry has “promised” fans the new manager will prove a hit.
“I love Poch,” Terry said. “I’ve been around him and I promise you now he is a top, top manager and he will get us to the levels we need to be at.”
What should Poch change vs Bournemouth?
Mauricio Pochettino faces a few big decisions, selection-wise, ahead of Chelsea’s game against Bournemouth next weekend.
One of them is whether he includes Mykhailo Mudryk, who has started the season slowly, in the starting line-up. The 22-year-old winger signed in the January transfer window and needed time to settle in to the club after a big-money move from Shakhtar Donetsk.
A lot of people tipped Mudryk to come good this season. It is very early on, but he has not impressed in the opening matches of the campaign. The Ukraine international, however, has not started yet this term.
But could he start against Bournemouth next weekend? Is it time to end the Ben Chilwell experiment at left wing? Could we see Axel Disasi come out of the side, Levi Colwill move into the centre of defence alongside Thiago Silva and Chilwell return to left-back?
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