Chelsea’s search for a striker has forced them to fight to achieve a long list of goals. One year ago it was Victor Osimhen, 6 months ago it was Viktor Gyokeres, now it is Samu Omorodion, the Atletico Madrid striker who spent last season on loan at Alaves, scoring 8 goals in La Liga.
Nick. Purewal’s article in today’s Evening Standard summarizes progress on this front: Atletico have rejected a £30m bid from Chelsea and are ‘determined to retain one of their most valuable young talents ‘
It looks like the Spain U21 star is competing with Aston Villa’s Jhon Duran to be the man we sign as a replacement for Nicolas Jackson.
Jackson just started to find his feet at the end of last season and showed that he can play well and be good, and is pretty similar to what we’ve seen repeated and reported across the board for several past hour.
But Graeme Bailey, a less reliable source but certainly with some insider knowledge, has now claimed there is even more to it than we initially thought.