We’ve all seen it before at Chelsea, too many times for my liking, highly rated young players allowed to leave the club being sold for money, and then the club end up regretting it.
They had Romelu Lukaku as an 18-year old, and ended up signing him back for £100m this summer. Mo Salah was allowed to leave and now he is world class, the same with Kevin De Bruyne. I could be here for sometime naming them all, but we have made some huge errors and it needs to stop.
Talk of Southampton being keen on signing Armando Broja on a permanent deal should not even be entertained by Chelsea for one second, this guy is the future of the club.
Thankfully, most reports are saying that Chelsea are not interested in selling him, as proven reliable insider The Secret Scout told me today on my website, Si & Dan Talk Chelsea.
It was part of an exclusive interview covering many Chelsea related subjects this window.
But on Broja, he said:
“Chelsea want him to stay, but if they did let him go to Southampton in this window, they will include a first refusal option on him, the Southampton owners want him on a permanent deal.”
This tells me that Chelsea have actually even taken a minute to think about a deal here, which they should not be doing in the slightest.
Broja is good enough to play for Chelsea right now and his ceiling is terrifyingly high. He already has it all about his game and looks like a frightening striker for defenders to try and mark. He is a Diego Costa and Nicolas Anelka hybrid and what a compliment that is, it’s not even exaggerated.
I’ve been watching this guy since he was a kid and if we allow him to join Southampton on a permanent deal then it’s over, we might as well close the academy. It will be an absolute disgrace.
I don’t think for one minute that we will sell him though, he is a Chelsea fan and has a long contract with us, the ball is in our court as well as his, and I am sure he would want to stay anyway.
But Chelsea, this is a warning, do NOT make the same mistake with Broja as you have so often done before.
