BlueCo make approach to sign £50m star for Chelsea

Chelsea have made a winning start to their club World Cup Campaign.

On Monday Night, Enzo Maresca ‘S Team Easily Swatied Aside MLS Outfit Los Angeles FC 2-0 in Atlanta, with Pedro Neto Breaking the Deadlock on the Cusp of Half Time, Before Enzo Fernández, Teed Up by Debutant Liam Delap, Made The Points Secure.

The Major Talking Point was all the Empty Seats at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, with Around 22,000 in waiting, but this is not a good look in A came that holds up to 75,000; for context, Atlanta United AVERING AROUND 45,000 In Major League Soccer This Season.

Nevertheless, Maresca Won’t Care About That One Jot, As His Team Prepare to Take On Flamengo At Lincoln Financial Field on Friday, After the Brazilian Outfit Wre also 2-0 Winners on Monday, Beating Hope Sports of Tunis in Philadelphia.

Back at Home, Chelsea continues to be busy in the transfer market, so are they about to land yet another wide-forward?

Chelsea’s Search for a New Winger

Signing New Forwards is Clearly the Order of the Day for Blueco This Summer with Delap Already in the Door and Hugoke EKitike ADSA ALSD with a move To Stamford Bridge.

Now, the blues have another target in mind according to the late reports.

AS per David Ornstein of the AthleticChelsea ‘have made a verbal investigation’ as they seek to sign Olympique Lyonnais Winger Malick Fofana.

Meantime, French Outlet L’Equipe Add that lyon value the Forward at Around £ 50m.

The 20-Year-Old Began His Senior Career at Gent, Before Joining Les Gones for a reported fee of £ 14.5m in January 2024, Making 62 ACCURANCES For Lyon to date, scoring 15 Goals and Providing Seven Assists.

Jacek Kulig of Football Talent Scout LABELS HIM A “MAGNIFICENT WINGER PROSPECT”, SO COULD HE BET TO SWAP FRANCE FOR WEST LONDON?

Why Chelsea Should Sign Malick Fofana Not Jamie Gittens

After Deciding not to make Jadon Sancho’s Loan from Manchester United Permanent, paying at £ 5m penalty fee as a result, Jacob Steinberg of the Guardian Reports that chelsea are ‘Prioritizing’ Signing A Right-Foied Left-Wtinger This Summer.

Well, BBC Sport Claimed Last Week that the blues Had seen a £ 42m rejected by Borussia Dortmund for 20-Year-Old Englishman Jamie Gittenswho they Claim has already agreed personal terms.

Borussia Dortmund's Jamie bynoe-Gittens in Action With Lille's Bafode Diakite

But now, are the blues turning their attention to fofana, and who is actually the bigger prospect? Let’s find out.

Fofana vs Gittens 2024/25 Comparison
Statistics	Head	Glitence
Appearances	41	48
Minutes	2.280	2.790
Goals	11	12
Assisted	6	5
Goals – XG	+5	+6.7
Expected Assists	4.4	3.5
Shots on target %	54%	40.3%
Progressive carrie	157	161
Attempted Take-Les	83	232
Take-on success %	39.8%	44.8%
SHOT-CREATING Actions per 90	3.43	3.57
Goal-Creating Actions Per 90	0.61	0.45
Sofascore Rating Average	7.24	7.05
Stats via Transfer market,, Fbref,, Sofas.

As the table outlines, gittens is much more of a prolific dribbler; In fact, Across Europe’s Top Five Leagues, Only Six Players Attempted More Take-Les, According to fbref.com.

However, Fofana is a significantly More of A Direct Goal-Threat, Underlined by the Fact He Registered More Asssts and A Higher Amount of Expect Asssts, as well as goal-creating actions per 90 and a better shots on target percentage.

Jacek Kulig of Football Talent Scout Believes the Belgian International Possesses “Enormous Potential” and has a “big future ahead”, while Brandon Liss of Total Football Analysis Outlines How Fofana Likes To Hold Width On The Left Side, Tasked With Too On Opposition Full-Backs, “Working Tirelessly” and Demonstracting “Excellent Work Rate”.

Meantime, Astorre Cerebróne of Breaking the Lines THAT FOFANA ‘HASS HAS HUGE POTENTIAL’, DESCRIBING HIM AS AN ‘Explosive Winger’ Who ‘Combins Well with Teammates’ and is a Threat in Front of Goal.

Lyon Are Currently Under Pressure To Sell and Fast Becaus They Have Ben Provisionally Ligted To Ligue 2 due to Financial Irregularities, a situation that remains up in the air.