Chelsea have a seemingly huge list of discards whom they bought and don’t use.. the players they left out of their recent FIFA Club World Cup squad included Raheem Sterling, Joao Felix, Djordje Petrovic, Ben Chilwell and Axel Disasi – a staggering array of talent just left behind.
West Ham have been running covetous eyes over the Chelsea ‘unwanted’ and are reportedly interested in another of their players- midfielder Kiernan Dewsbury -Hall who was, it turns out, an attempted loan capture in the winter. Reported by thehardtackle.com, the Irons, along with Everton – who else – bid to take the midfielder but failed:
“West Ham United wanted to sign the Chelsea midfielder on loan in January, but the deal failed to see the light of day….
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“West Ham are ready to return with an approach to secure Dewsbury-Hall’s services if the Blues reduce their asking price to part ways with last summer’s signing in the ongoing transfer window. Meanwhile, Chelsea will demand around £30 million to sell the English midfielder”.
Thirty million for this cash-strapped Hammers transfer window is unrealistic: It will be interesting to see if Chelsea decide to sanction a loan at the end of the window if nobody is forthcoming with an acceptable offer: Whether West Ham can afford to wait until the end of the window to bolster their midfield is a different issue altogether.
Other signings would seem more likely, as Gonzo’s article last week suggested there were three principal midfield names under scrutiny: Bilal El Khannouss of Leicester, Southampton’s Mateus Fernandes or a loan deal for Andrey Santos of Chelsea.