Man Utd FLOP touted for SHOCK Chelsea move
Cameron Smith
- Updated: 28 Aug 2023 12:00 BST
- 4 min read
Manchester United winger Jadon Sancho has been touted for a move to Chelsea, with Blues fans convinced he is the attacker set to join the club before Deadline Day.
Mauricio Pochettino has kept fairly tight-lipped regarding Chelsea’s possible transfer activity before the summer transfer window, but has hinted that a versatile attacker capable of playing across the forward line may be brought in.
Before Chelsea’s convincing 3-0 over Luton Town, Pochettino was asked about what business may occur in west London before Friday’s Transfer Deadline Day. “We have very talented keepers, young keepers, but they need time. We need one more to add,” he replied.
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“And then we were talking about one offensive player with the right profile to help. If you said to me we can add the right profile? Yes. But it’s not to bring a player because we need one more.
"We don’t want to stop players here or to stop the progression of some young guys who can be involved with the team. We have [Armando] Broja, [Christopher] Nkunku, players that can play number nine. We’re working hard but not to take a decision only because we need someone to add.
Pochettino continued: "It’s easy to say we need another offensive player but I think we have offensive players that need to recover.
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“Now, if you bring a player who is maybe not fit or needs to adapt to the Premier League, maybe you are going to spend the same time that you need to wait for Broja or for Nkunku or for Carney [Chukwuemeka], and then you are going to create a mess in the squad.”
Following his comments of perhaps signing an attacker with Premier League experience, Chelsea fans believe the player Pochettino alluded to is Man Utd’s Sancho.
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One Chelsea fan account, by the name of ‘FutbolChelsea’, posted on Twitter: “I have a feeling that the mystery attacker that Fabrizio [Romano] is teasing will be Jadon Sancho.
"United are interested in [Marc] Cucurella, Poch wants PL experience, [we] need someone who can play 10/wing, Joe Shields is a huge fan of him. You connect the dots and it makes sense.”
Furthermore, during an interview with TalkSPORT in 2021, Sancho was asked who inspired him as a young footballer and he admitted: "I’d probably say Frank Lampard. I was a Chelsea fan growing up, I can’t lie. Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard were my favourite players at the time.
"I just loved Frank Lampard and how he played his game – he was so direct and so composed on the ball. I like things like that."
Sancho has 12 goals and six assists in 82 Red Devils appearances, but the Englishman has not been a first-choice option under Erik ten Hag despite his €85m price tag.
