Chelsea head for De Bruyne’s dreadful repeat
Chelsea’s The transfer policy in recent years has been to buy young players who have bags of potential to help them in the future. At first, it was difficult for the blues, which finished sixth and 12th in the two seasons after he took office, and this new transfer policy.
However, things have taken a positive turn this campaign under new boss Enzo Maresca. Chelsea is now in second placefour points behind league leaders Liverpool and two points behind second-placed Arsenal. Their young players are certainly making an impact.
Given the quality and depth of the blue team now, that means some of their youngsters don’t see out.
Serie A sides are targeting Chelsea’s young star
21-year-old Italian midfielder Cesare Casadei is a highly rated youngster. His move to Stamford Bridge came in August 2022, joining from Italian giants Inter. he cost Chelsea £12.6m up front, with an additional £4.2m in potential add-ons.
Unfortunately, he hasn’t been given much of a chance so far during his time with the Blues. Casadei has he only made 17 appearances for the club, playing a total of 495 minutes. Six of those games have come this term, none in the Premier League.
Despite struggling at Stamford Bridge, the youngster has enjoyed some spells on loan away from the club. He was at Reading and played at Leicester City for the first half of last season under Maresca.
Impressed by the foxes, playing 25 times in all competitions, scoring three times and picking up two assists along the way. Two of those goal involvements came against Millwall in the third round of the FA Cup.
Despite the midfielder’s “exceptional” talent, Ace soccer talent scout Jacek Kulig said: He could soon leave the Bridge. According to reports in Italya return to Serie A is on the cards, with Monza offering a loan deal and Lazio a loan deal with an option to buy, which would see the midfielder leave permanently.
The news comes just days after it was revealed Champions League regulars Juventus were also in the picture to sign him.
Losing Casadei would be a real blow for Chelsea given his talent, and could repeat another transfer that they surely regretted.
Chelsea will hope to avoid a repeat transfer
Chelsea fans can look back Kevin De Bruyne’s time at the club and wonder what would have happened if he had been given the chance to shine. As we now know, he is one of the best midfielders in Premier League history, winning six league titles in England, but things didn’t work out for him at Chelsea.
The Belgian attacking midfielder played only nine times for the Blues, all of whom arrived in the 2013/14 season. It’s fair to say there was no love lost between De Bruyne and former manager Jose Mourinho.
The Portuguese manager explained it the midfielder “didn’t want to wait” for a chance at Chelsea, explaining that he “didn’t have the patience to be calm and wait for the right moment” to get a chance.
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So, two seasons after the midfielder was loaned to Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga, he returned to Germany on a permanent contract. join Wolfsburg in 2014. Then Manchester City paid £55 million for him a year later, and the rest is history.
In hindsight, it was obviously a mistake to sell De Bruyne, instead of selling him and trying to persevere. It has happened to play 397 times for City, scoring 101 goals and making 171 assists. Chelsea fans must be thinking, what if he had stayed?
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De Bruyne’s statistics by club |
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|---|---|---|---|
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club |
games |
goals |
Assistance |
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Genk |
113 |
17 |
36 |
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Chelsea |
9 |
0 |
1 |
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Werder Bremen |
34 |
10 |
10 |
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Wolfsburg |
73 |
20 |
37 |
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Manchester City |
397 |
101 |
171 |
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Statistics of Transfer market |
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The similarities between this situation and Casadei’s current circumstances are incredible. Like the Belgian, he is a creative midfielder who has excelled on loan but has struggled to break into the Blues’ first team.
Surely this is a deal that Chelsea will want to tread lightly. Losing De Bruyne ten years ago has proven to be a huge blow, considering how good he was. It may not be a risk they want to take against Casadei, and Maresca could decide to give him a chance in the first team to show what he can do, rather than lose him in January.
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