Sportingfire is reporting that Chelsea have
finally agreed a fee of $51.7 million with AS
Monaco for defensive midfielder Tiemoue
Bakayoko and the player is set sign a five years contact with the london cub.
The 22-year-old destroyed has been linked
with a move to Chelsea for much of the past
month but he required minor knee surgery
after helping Monaco win Ligue 1 and reach
the UEFA Champions League semifinals last
season, hence the delay.
Per the report, Bakayoko will have his
medical later this week at Chelsea before
completing the long-awaited move.
Manchester United were said to be
interested in Bakayoko, but Chelsea were
the frontrunners all along and in connection
with Bakayoko’s imminent arrival it is
believed Nemanja Matic could leave Chelsea
and head to Manchester United but relations
between the two clubs are strained after
United beat Chelsea to the signing of Romelu
Lukaku.
What can Chelsea’s fans expect from
Bakayoko?
He’s a pure defensive midfielder who will
shield the defense but it also capable of
pressing high and making surging runs from
central midfield. A good comparison already
playing in the Premier League would be
Victor Wanyama.
Bakayoko isn’t a flashy player but like
N'Golo Kante , who he will likely line up
alongside, the French international does the
simple things extremely well and he’ll add an
extra steel to Antonio Conte ‘s midfield.
Following goalkeeper Willy Caballero arriving
on a free transfer and center back Antonio
Rudiger coming in for $43.9 million,
Bakayoko will bolster Chelsea’s midfield
options with youngsters Ruben Loftus-Cheek
loaned out to Crystal Palace and Nathaniel
Chalobah set to join Watford.
It will be intriguing to see how Cesc
Fabregas slots into this Chelsea midfield but
there’s no doubting Conte will go with a
3-4-3 once again as he prefers two strong
defensive midfielders in the center of
midfield. Kante and Bakayoko will provide
just that.
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