Soccer season is at full speed after a halt for the Qatar World Cup. Teams are doing their best to have a shot at the trophy. Arsenal is leading the table, standing at the top of the mountain with just 1 loss in 17 matches. However, the team making the most headlines is Chelsea. Todd Boehly, the minority owner of the LA Lakers, had spent hundreds of millions of dollars just this season only to be the 10th seed of the League. Now the news is coming for a new trade that is almost confirmed for Chelsea.
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The injury-ridden team has won as many matches as they have lost. Out of 18 games the team has played, Chelsea had a score of 7-4-7. They are far from making any kind of impact in the League, however, a lot of factors are out of their control.
LA Lakers owner Todd Boehly brings Mykhailo Mudryk to Chelsea
According to reports from Shakhtar Donetsk and the recent statement from Chelsea, they are set to hijack Arsenal’s bid on Ukrainian star soccer Mykhailo Mudryk. Chelsea has reportedly offered the Ukrainian star a better base with a more extended contract reported to be 100 million Euros. The English Twitter handle of Shakhtar Donetsk made a tweet about the almost done deal of the club with Chelsea.
FC Shakhtar president Rinat Akhmetov and Chelsea co-owner Behdad Eghbali discussed Mykhailo Mudryk’s transfer to Chelsea FC today.
Parties are very close to agree on player’s transfer to the club.#Shakhtar pic.twitter.com/IoHOaFRfn5
— FC SHAKHTAR ENGLISH (@FCShakhtar_eng) January 14, 2023
The move came as a surprise for many fans, as Chelsea is blowing money at this point to build a stable roaster. Just days ago Chelsea signed Atletico Madrid star Joao Felix on a loan for the rest of the season. The club has spent more than half a billion pounds this season itself.
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Before these two moves, Chelsea’s expenses were around 485 million USD. However, both of these deals came at a huge price. How much will these players help the club? Only time will tell.
Chelsea eying the soccer World Cup winner
If reports are to be believed, Chelsea is eying to get the World Cup Winner Enzo Fernandez in their roaster. The young star won every fan’s heart with his performance in the Qatar World Cup. They also named him the best young player in the tournament.
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If the Daily Mail reports are believed, this move will cost a bank to Chelsea, as almost every club would bid on a midfielder like Enzo Fernandez. They reported Chelsea to have thrown 135 million USD in talks for Enzo. However, any official news about the bids is yet to come. Only time will tell which premium club Enzo is going to play for.