Chelsea had a nice back up to Colwill in Renato Veiga, but still got sold after Levi ACL.
Why? Because Maresca didn't want to use him, you lot that defend this man for this.
Please go support another club.
Not to mention the chef's kiss at the end of Chelsea's statement, mentioning Xabi Alonso as a "professional of the highest integrity" with an "exceptional football mind"
Chelsea sold a 33-year-old Giroud for £2m
Chelsea let a 32-year-old Azpilicueta walk for free.
Chelsea let a 31-year-old Marcos Alonso walk for free.
These were elite winners.
But it's disrespectful to bid £8m for 34 year old player from Sunderland who only have 2 years at most to play at the top level.
Chelsea fans are not real.
Sunderland signed him for ~£15m last summer.
He's 34 and is seemingly desperate to leave and will likely push big time.
People comparing this to Maignan are just being lazy.
If Sunderland are asking anything north of £20m as a starting price, they are just being unreasonable — which by all means they are allowed to be.
"Maignan 2.0"
Maignan was in his peak.
Xhaka will be 34 by the start of the season.
£8m should be a fair starting offer. I highly doubt they believed this would be accepted.
How much would people actually pay for him? Should be £15m tops imo.