Percy thinks they’re signing Delap as well.
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Those are believable rumours, on the proviso that they qualified for the Champs League and sold Sancho, Rashford and Garnacho...
Yeah, I never really bought the idea that Chelsea had found some clever loophole by selling academy products and buying expensive players on long contracts with the money.
In year one, you can sell an academy player for £40m and buy four £50million players on 5 year contracts and pat yourself on the back for how clever you've been. But then in years two to five, you've got to sell another academy player for £40m every year in order to keep that first group of players and stand still.
Loaned out players who are under contract for next season:
Omar Richards, David Carmo, Matt Turner, Andrew Omobamidele, Tyler Bindon, Marko Stamenic, Lewis O'Brien, Josh Bowler and Emmanuel Dennis. (Jonathan Panzo is out of contact.)
Feels like Bindon is the most likely to be kept around - we need a mobile right-sided central defender for when we play with a three and the conference would seem to be a better alternative to build his experience than a championship loan. Richards looks to have played a fair amount in Portugal, so probably worth having a look at in pre-season. Would Carmo be seen as an upgrade on Morato? Hard to see Stamenic getting into the squad in an area we are pretty strong when he's not been playing regularly for Olympiacos.
All the others will definitely be looked to move on.
