Chelsea back away from player that was expected to join, with outlet giving reasons why
By Simon Phillips - 14th Oct 2024, 01:00pm
Chelsea have reportedly backed away from signing a player that was pretty much expected to sign in the summer, and the reasons why have been given out too.
Chelsea were linked with many players during the summer transfer window, and they have been signing up many of them as well, especially the highly rated young players.
However, they aren’t always going to sign them all. Although Chelsea’s links with wanting to sign Brazilian youngster Gabriel Mec seemed very solid and in fact, it looked like it was about to get done at one point.
However, up until now at least, that deal did not get done, and the reasons why sound to be pretty smart from Chelsea.
Mec raised concerns
According to Brazilian publication Globo, Chelsea backed down on its intention to sign Gabriel Mec to observe him more technically. Some of the young player’s performances raised doubts about the investment.
So it’s pretty unclear whether that is now that or not, but it certainly sounds like Chelsea held back a bit and it was probably the right thing to do. We don’t want to be just jumping on every talented young player, especially if we are unsure.
Chelsea would have also had to pay about £15m for the wonderkid once all the add-ons were included. That is a lot of money to pay for an unproven youngster that you are not even sure about signing.
Mec does look to be a very good talent, but you have to be sure before you go in on any new player really. It doesn’t sound like they were as sure on Mec as they were on other young new signings from South America such as Kendry Paez and Estevao Willian, who both look to be excellent signings and provide no cause for doubts.
