Chelsea are reportedly eying up a transfer for £40m Japan worldwide star Zion Suzuki to switch struggling goalkeeper Robert Sanchez.
Sanchez, who’s presently Chelsea’s No.1, has made a collection of errors this season, with the newest coming within the 3-1 win over Wolves on Monday.
Some soccer pundits, together with Jamie Carragher, have claimed that the Blues gained’t have the ability to go to the following stage till they recruit a brand new ‘keeper.
It has now emerged that the west Londoners have ‘set their sights’ on Parma star Suzuki, who has massively impressed in Serie A this time period.
That’s in line with Fichajes, who report that various high European golf equipment have began holding faucets on Suzuki, together with Enzo Maresca’s aspect.
Chelsea are regarded as significantly eager on Suzuki after ‘carefully monitoring’ his progress following the growth of their worldwide scouting community.
It’s believed that Chelsea view the 22-year-old as a ‘key participant in the long run’ and Fichajes report his valuation presently stands at round £40m.
Suzuki solely joined Parma in the newest summer time switch window, with the Italian aspect paying simply £8.5m to signal him from Urawa Pink Diamonds.
It’s presently thought that £40m can be sufficient of a revenue to tempt Parma into an early sale for Suzuki, who has 16 caps for the Japan workforce.
Suzuki has performed 20 matches for Parma to this point however has already been dubbed ‘one of the vital proficient younger keepers in Europe’ by scouts on X.
Regardless of considerations from pundits and followers over Chelsea No.1 Sanchez, Blues head coach Maresca has all the time publicly backed the goalkeeper, doing so once more after his error within the victory over Wolves final day trip.
‘Fourth mistake resulting in a aim? And what number of instances has he saved us?’ Maresca mentioned. ‘I believe greater than 4. No downside. Errors occur to him, to the strikers, central defenders, no downside.
‘Robert Sanchez is doing nicely. [Media attention] is a part of our job if you make some errors. Robert has saved us many instances, it occurs, no downside.’
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