The market hangover is getting longer for Chelsea. As the summer window closes, news and gossip continue to monopolize the ‘blue’ news segment. In the case of Arsen Zakharyan, A very young 19-year-old midfielder of Dinamo Moscow, we are not talking about any rumors or speculations, but about the words of the player himself. The midfielder The Russian has revealed that there is already an offer from Chelsea for him this summer.
“There was an offer from Chelsea, but it was impossible complete a transfer. Of course I accepted. How can I refuse it?” Zakharyan told Sports.ru media collected by Fabrizio Romano. But that does not mean that his arrival at Stamford Bridge cannot happen in the coming months.
“I hope everything will be over…maybe in January,” the 19-year-old midfielder said. Arsen Zakharyan, trained at the Moscow club, has a contract until 2024 and its current market value is €15 millionaccording to Transfermarkt.
Everton have said ‘no’ to nearly 60 million for Roméo Lavia
But Chelsea’s ‘post mercato’ news these days doesn’t just revolve around the Russian pivot. According to Romano, the London club also offered 58 million to Southampton for another ‘teenage’ midfielder, Romeo LaviaBelgian of only 18 years. But the ‘Saints’ deemed the offer insufficient for what they believed to be one of the best talents in the world in this position.
The City of Manchester He joined Lavia in 2020 from the Anderlecht youth academy and this summer he sold him for 14 million to Southampton, keeping, yes, a repurchase option on the midfielder from some 45 million. The club owned by billionaire Todd Boehly is the most ‘generous’ in this European market by investment 282 million and no one remembers the economic difficulties the club went through due to the sanctions imposed in the context of the invasion of Ukraine before the Russian Roman Abramovich sell the entity.
Renovations are ongoing
With the market closed, Chelsea are now focusing on renewals. Already announced an object of desire of Real Madrid like Reece James, the London club is now committed to that of Mason Mount and negotiations are underway, as also reported by Fabrizio Romano. Mount, important to European champion Chelsea in 2021, has 23 years and his current contract expires in 2024. His market value is estimated at 75 million.
Source: La Verdad
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