Exclusive: Chelsea quietly activate star's contract clause to stave off Barcelona
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Exclusive: LaLiga giants had been eyeing free transfer for Ian Maatsen but Chelsea have strengthened negotiating position with 12-month option
  • reece0n@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    They accepted a £30m bid for him from Burnley in the summer, but he opted to stay and fight for his place.

    A 1 year extension screams to me that Chelsea are planning to offload him next summer now. Very good and promising player imo, but Poch doesn’t seem to see him as a LB and unfortunately for him, Chelsea just have better wingers.

    • Coolhunter11@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      No way Barca willing to spend 30mil on a back up, inexperienced lb.balde is the preferred starter. Would see them trying to get someone for free like Alonso.Barca have to find a permanent dm,rb,rwf in the next window.

  • AnnieIWillKnow@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    People are joking, but “quietly” probably means they aren’t doing like a big social media announcement, as the standard is for contract news

  • chocobowler@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Quietly. What, did they do it whilst on tip toes? Were they shushing people as they did it?