Exclusive says Chelsea keen to sign former player as potential first team star | OneFootball

Chelsea are interested in signing one of their former players back, according to an exclusive from our writer Simon Phillips.

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While everyone was thinking about the appointment of Xabi Alonso as Chelsea’s new manager, our writer Simon Phillips had an exclusive about a potential transfer.

On his Substack, Phillips claims that Chelsea are “discussing” a move to bring Lewis Hall back to the club from Newcastle.

While Alonso wants to keep Marc Cucurella, there is some suggestion that the club might have to sell him if a new contract isn’t agreed. Hall would make a great long term replacement

Hall a great choice for Chelsea – but potentially a long way from a deal

We always said it was a mistake to sell Hall, and we’d love to see him signed again. It’s great to have academy players do well at your club, and the youngster is just a top player.

But we do have our doubts about how far this interest will go. Hall was really happy with his move to the North East – would he be keen to come straight back? We’re not so sure. Phillips himself calls it a “hugely ambitious idea” and we dread to think what the price tag of the England international would be.

In other news…

Xabi Alonso was persuaded to take the Chelsea job after talks with the owners and the sporting directors – we’d love to know what they said.

Chelsea’s appointment of Alonso came around faster than most people were expecting.

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