Jacobs: £50m price tag and player is “open to move” – summer bid incoming | OneFootball

Chelsea ended January with a lot of unfinished business, and it looks like this summer is going to see second attempts at a lot of players whose clubs wouldn’t let them go in January.

We’ve already heard about potential second attempts for Alejandro Garnacho, and he’s not the only one. CaughtOffside feature some interesting chatter about Marc Guehi, whose name keeps getting mentioned as a potential key arrival for Chelsea in the summer.

Ben Jacobs outlined the reasons he thought the Cobham graduate would be keen on returning, as well as outlining the rivals in the league for his signature:

“There will be other suitors. Of course, we shouldn’t discount Newcastle, who made a series of bids last summer – and Tottenham could return, even though Kevin Danso ended up joining,” Jacobs wrote.

“But I think the feeling is that Guehi knows Chelsea, obviously very well. He’s been there before, he’s open to that move, and I’m told he would ideally like to stay in London.”

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So we know Guehi would like to come back – but what about the price? Our previous attempts, including in January, have been put off by the price tag. But as Guehi enters the last month of his contract in the summer, that too is expected to come down:

“So Chelsea can see value in the fee for Guehi, which has been deemed to be very inflated in previous windows. But if – because of his contractual situation – that fee drops to in and around £50million, I think that is a deal that Chelsea will return for.

“And if they can agree a fee with Palace, I think the player is open to returning to Stamford Bridge.”

This is one to watch.