Scout: Chelsea are the latest team making a move to sign bargain free transfer | OneFootball

According to one scout today, Chelsea are the latest club looking to make a move to sign a bargain free transfer.

Loads of things went on in another crazy summer transfer market over the summer but not everything got done that was supposed to get done. Some deals broke down at the last minute for whatever reason.

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Crystal Palace owners will be left seething that they were unable to sell Marc Guehi in the summer because now it looks likely he will leave the club as a free agent at the end of the season when his contract is up.

He’s not going to sign a new deal there and I can see clubs who are keen, like Liverpool, going to get him on a free transfer in the summer. Or even if they don’t do that, they will sign him for very cheap in January, much cheaper than they would have paid for him in the summer.

Could Chelsea move for Guehi now he is becoming a free agent? Yes, according to one former scout…

Chelsea in for Guehi

Marc Guehi in action for Crystal Palace. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)

“I was surprised Liverpool didn’t have more competition in the summer,” former scout Mick Brown told Football Insider.

“So now we’ve got all of these clubs interested in him and planning to make offers to him when he becomes available on a free, and that’s not a shock to anybody.

“He’s England’s first-choice centre-back and has years of experience in the Premier League, so he would improve whichever side end up getting him.

“Guehi has continuously showed what he can do both for Palace and for England, and it’s no surprise some of these elite clubs have been having a look at him now.

“It’s a huge bargain if you can get a player of Guehi’s quality on a free transfer.

“Chelsea are the latest team I’ve heard are looking to make a move because he came through their academy so that could be a bit of an advantage to them.

“The manager wants to improve his defensive options, so of course Guehi is going to be an option, but I expect they’ll have to wait until the end of the season rather than doing it in January.

“He would be an upgrade on the options they’ve got there at the moment, so it would be more of a surprise if they didn’t try to bring him in, to be honest.”