Chelsea should unleash “future Ballon d’Or winner” as an alternative of signing Gittens

Chelsea are poised for one more summer time of spending.

Since Todd Boehly took over at Chelsea three years in the past, the membership have signed over 40 first-team gamers for in extra of £1bn, however aren’t forecast to decelerate within the switch market any time quickly.

Nevertheless, they might preserve their powder dry and never make a transfer for a highly-rated English teenager, given {that a} sure wonderkid is already set to reach in West London this summer time.

Chelsea’s curiosity in Jamie Gittens

Based on a report by German publication Bild, Chelsea, in addition to newly re-crowned Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich, are ” in signing Jamie Gittens this summer time, with Borussia Dortmund valuing their star winger at round £85m.

The 20-year-old Englishman, who beforehand hung out at Chelsea’s academy, has performed a starring function throughout an in any other case disappointing season for die Schwarzgelben, scoring 12 targets throughout all competitions, incomes widespread reward.

Seb Stafford-Bloor of the Athletic believes he has turn out to be one among Europe’s ‘most damaging gamers’, including that he ‘influences matches’ and is a ‘game-breaker’, whereas Jacek Kulig of Soccer Expertise Scout labels him a ‘direct winger’, praising his ‘fast toes [and] trickery’.

Gittens is clearly a high-quality, high-potential attacker, however Chelsea have already got an even bigger expertise on their arms, who they need to prioritise earlier than making any extra big-money signings.

The long run famous person on his strategy to Chelsea

Again in June 2024, it was confirmed that Chelsea had accomplished the signing of teenager Estêvão Willian from Palmeiras for a reported price of £29m, which may rise to £55m, with the Brazilian set to reach in West London this summer time, having now celebrated his 18th birthday.

As famous by Arthur Ferridge of the Night Commonplace, Estêvão​​​​​​​ will stay with Palmeiras for the Membership World Cup earlier than shifting to Chelsea afterwards, which means he may face his future employers this summer time; the duo are on track to probably conflict within the quarter-finals.

Regardless of the very fact he is been 18 for below a fortnight, Estêvão is among the most highly-rated children on the planet, and the desk under will define why.

Jacek Kulig of Soccer Expertise Scout labels {the teenager} a “world-class expertise”, analyst Ben Mattinson believes the “famous person” is a “future Ballon d’Or winner”, whereas worldwide teammate Neymar believes the “large expertise…. might be a genius” within the close to future.

That is definitely excessive reward for a participant nonetheless in his teenage years.

Nathalia Tavares from Breaking the Strains outlines that the winger​​​​​​​ ‘is a left-footed attacker’ who has predominantly been deployed on the fitting flank, describing him as ‘artistic’ and ‘able to carrying the ball’ ahead, impressed by his ‘wonderful’ link-up play and ‘pure aptitude’.

On prime of this, Luis Kircher from Complete Soccer Evaluation praises his maturity and ‘understanding of easy methods to affect video games’, describing his astronomical rise as ‘nothing wanting sensational’.

So, let’s assess his statistics in final season’s Brasileirão.

Because the desk outlines, regardless of restricted minutes, his statistics final season had been distinctive, doing so at a excessive stage too; World Soccer Rankings believes the Brasileirão to be the sixth-strongest league on this planet, making it the perfect exterior Europe.

{The teenager} ranks first for just about each dribbling-related metric included – underlining his comparisons to Gittens – whereas his tally of 13 targets, bettered solely by Yuri Alberto​​​​​​​ and Alerrandro, can also be eye-catching and noteworthy.

Thus, whereas, after all, Gittens is undeniably a prime expertise too, Chelsea ought to resist the temptation to splash one other £85m on a teenager, as an alternative prioritising making house within the squad for Estêvão, who’ll be able to explode as soon as he arrives in July.