Chelsea make glaring PR play after Jeremy Jacquet transfer blow signing after the Jeremy Jacquet links first emerged.
Chelsea have Benoit Badiashile, Mamadou Sarr, Trevohcc, Josh Acheampong, Tosin Adarabioyo and Wesley Fofana as options, so there’s plenty of cover.
It’s just that Jacquet’s potential is incredible. He wouldn’t have come until the summer anyway, but the fact that we failed to get it over the line despite being the frontrunner for weeks is crazy.
And there appears to have been an alleged PR play already to smooth it over.
Liam Rosenior has big plans for Josh Acheampong at Chelsea after a lack of opportunities under Enzo Maresca.
His versatility is a major plus, as he can play at centre-back and right-back.
And now it has been claimed by Fabrizio Romano that Chelsea have turned down a ‘big money’ offer this month for Josh Acheampong.
This comes after reported interest from Crystal Palace and Bayern Munich in Acheampong.
The fact that not long after Jeremy Jacquet to Liverpool was revealed, Fabrizio Romano shared that Chelsea turned down a ‘big money’ offer for Acheampong seems strange.
Romano’s update suggests that Chelsea are trying to deflect away from losing out on Jacquet or not paying for him by making it out that Acheampong was always their play.
It doesn’t make sense that Chelsea would have chased Jacquet and had talks for this long only to go and put their trust in Acheampong and Sarr. This is something they could have done all along.
For a player who is deemed ‘so important’, he’s only played 53 minutes against Arsenal and was an unused substitute in all of Liam Rosenior’s Premier League games.Instead of signing Jeremy Jacquet, Liverpool are set to land the French defender in a deal that will become a formality in the summer. Instead, Chelsea are set to recall Mamadou Sarr from Strasbourg.So, incomings are unlikely but sales are expected. Axel Disasi, David Datro Fofana and other Chelsea players look set to leave the club, while a forgotten Chelsea midfielder could also leave later today.Many will have forgotten Jimi Tauriainen, who remains on the books at Chelsea. The 21-year-old joined Chelsea at just 15 from HJK Helsinki back in 2021, but has only managed two senior appearances
One of those came in the 3-2 FA Cup defeat to Leeds in 2023-24, and then in the Premier League in May 2024. But since then, Tauriainen has had to contend with appearing sparsely for the club’s Under-21 side.
He might have a contract at Chelsea until the summer of 2027, but according to BBC Sport reporter Nizaar Kinsella, he could leave before deadline day finishes. It is unclear who could sign Tauriainen.
Kinsella reported on X on Sunday evening, confirming that the Finland U21 international could leave the club: “Chelsea midfielder Jimi Tauriainen could still leave before the transfer deadline tomorrow.”
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