Chelsea are out of the UEFA Champions League following a spherical of 16 defeat to Paris Saint-Germain, they usually want a really sturdy finish to the season to have the ability to play within the European Cup subsequent season.
Having mentioned that, no matter whether or not or not the Blues end within the prime 4 or 5 of the Premier League, their squad wants a revamp and this summer time, it’s probably that they are going to be focussing on rebuilding their defence.
Mark Brus has reported that Chelsea are all in favour of signing Pau Cubarsi from Barcelona. The teen has developed impressively beneath Hansi Flick over the past couple of years and has turn into a key participant within the La Liga facet’s plans.
Arsenal are additionally eager on signing the central defender, based on the supply, so Chelsea will face competitors for his companies. Cubarsi is valued at £70 million on Transfermarkt and has a contract at Barca until 2029, so he won’t be simple to accumulate.
Chelsea set to carry higher hand for Cubarsi
Pau Cubarsi at solely 19 years of age has turn into of La Liga’s greatest centre backs and having gone from energy to energy at Barcelona, it comes as no shock that Arsenal and Chelsea are vying for his signing.
His clever defensive anticipation, composure in one-on-one conditions and physicality, mixed with elite ball-playing capacity make him a terrific long-term choice and Cubarsi has all that it takes to stay as much as a lofty worth.
Between Arsenal and Chelsea, the latter are anticipated to be in pole place for the participant’s signatures as not solely have they confirmed to be conducive for creating kids however may present extra time to Cubarsi.
Provided that Gabriel Magalhaes and William Saliba are already key gamers in Mikel Arteta’s plans, Cubarsi would possibly face restricted sport time on the Emirates Stadium however has sufficient high quality to be a starter for Chelsea.
With that mentioned, the events have the troublesome job of convincing the participant, a La Masia graduate, to affix them, whereas Barcelona’s resolve will even require some arduous work to interrupt given how a lot they worth Cubarsi.
