Chelsea are reportedly ‘main’ the race forward of Liverpool and Manchester United to signal RB Leipzig defender Castello Lukeba, as per Caught Offside.
Fashionable coaches choose to deploy a left-footed centre-back on the left aspect of the defence, and Enzo Maresca is not any exception. The Blues presently have Levi Colwill, Benoit Badiashile and Jorrel Hato as choices for this position, however Colwill’s season is all however over as a result of a critical knee harm.
Hato, in the meantime, has taken time to adapt to the Premier League’s physicality since becoming a member of from Ajax Amsterdam final summer time. As for Badiashile, he has discovered it troublesome to seek out his toes within the English prime flight and has been dropped down the pecking order.
Now, Caught Offside declare that Chelsea are planning to signal a brand new left-footed centre-back subsequent yr and have earmarked Lukeba as a critical possibility.
The 22-year-old nonetheless has three and a half years left in his present contract and has a £79m launch clause. Nonetheless, Leipzig are ready to just accept simply round £53m to let him depart in January and will settle for round £70m subsequent summer time.
Chelsea aren’t the one membership within the Frenchman, as Man Utd, Liverpool and Newcastle United are additionally eager on him. Nonetheless, the West London membership are presently ‘main’ the race to seal the deal in January.
Battle
Liverpool want a brand new left-sided defender as a possible long-term substitute for Virgil Van Dijk, who is about to show 35 subsequent yr. Furthermore, he’ll enter the ultimate yr of his present contract on the finish of this season.
However, Man Utd presently have Lisandro Martínez and Ayden Heaven as specialist centre-back choices to deploy within the LCB place.
Nonetheless, Martínez has had health issues over the previous couple of years and has simply returned to motion after recovering from a critical knee harm. In the meantime, Heaven continues to be very younger and isn’t able to play often on the highest degree.
Lukeba is a proficient participant and can even present cowl within the left-back place, though he’s a centre-back by trait. So, he is perhaps a shrewd acquisition for Man Utd, Chelsea or Liverpool ought to any of these golf equipment finally handle to safe his service.
