Chelsea offer €50m for player who left Benfica for nothing | OneFootball

Chelsea have reportedly come forward in recent days with a concrete offer of around €50 million to sign Mile Svilar, who left Benfica on a free transfer. Even so, the offer was promptly rejected by Roma.

According to information reported by the Italian newspaper Corriere dello Sport, the decision was taken jointly by the new sporting director of the Giallorossi club, Tony D’Amico, and coach Gian Piero Gasperini. According to the Italian press, it is an operation considered a major “sacrifice”, given the club’s delicate financial situation.

Roma need to present, by June 30, a positive result of between €50 million and €60 million in order to comply with UEFA Financial Fair Play rules. Failure to meet these requirements could put the club’s participation in the 2026/27 Champions League at risk.

If it had been accepted, the London club’s offer would have almost completely solved that financial issue. Even so, the board chose to keep the goalkeeper, which could open the door to the departure of other key members of the squad, such as Evan Ndicka, Manu Koné or Matías Soulé, all of whom have a market.

The decision to keep Svilar is also linked to the difficulty of finding a suitable replacement. The club also remembers the period between the sale of Alisson Becker to Liverpool in 2018 and the arrival of Svilar himself in 2022, when the goalkeeping position was one of the squad’s main problems.

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