And there has also been a lot of noise regarding Jadon Sancho and whether Chelsea will actually be signing him from Manchester United permanently in the summer or not. The Athletic are reporting that there is a £5m break clause fee that Chelsea can pay to send him back and terminate the loan obligation to buy.
If Chelsea do not get Champions League football this season though, we will be hearing more and more rumours around some of their bigger name players getting restless and potentially looking to leave. And this does make you wonder about some of the big names at the club.
We aren’t sure if Noni Madueke could be one of them, but his future is a little uncertain regardless.
Madueke has serious interest
Noni Madueke in action against West Ham. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)
Our writer Simon Phillips reports on his Substack site this week:
‘Madueke has had question marks over his head for some time now and SPTC sources have heard that he could be one player that the club will seriously listen to offers for come the summer, depending on other circumstances.
‘Our sources have heard that amongst the many clubs showing interest, Newcastle, Tottenham, and Aston Villa are weighing up approaches, whilst West Ham, Crystal Palace, and Fulham are other PL clubs keen. Madueke also has interest from abroad, mainly in Germany.’