A head-scratching first year under new co-owners Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali continues for struggling Premier League giants Chelsea as the club continues to move in the transfer market.
Despite the fact that the West London club remains rudderless in the technical area after parting ways with both Thomas Tuchel and Graham Potter this season, and embroiled in yet another manager hunt that will no longer include Julian Nagelsmann or Luis Enrique, the Blues remain adamant at securing long-term player profiles to build a new core at Stamford Bridge.
According to reports from football insider Fabrizio Romano, Chelsea is closing in on a deal for 18-year-old SL Benfica and Portugal starlet Diego Moreira in a deal that would see the Liege-born winger arrive in the English capital in the summer on a free transfer.
Chelsea are closing in on deal to sign talented winger Diego Moreira [born in 2004] on free transfer from Benfica — he will join in July. 🚨🔵🇵🇹 #CFC
Deal at final stages as Record reported; Chelsea believe he has very interesting potential.
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— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) April 22, 2023
Romano’s update via his immensely popular YouTube channel details a move that is said to be in its final stages per Portuguese media outlet Record, with Chelsea’s new recruitment team viewing Moreira as a player with “very interesting potential.”
A move for the former Belgian youth international falls in line with much of the recruitment remit that Chelsea has kept faith in under new management across two transfer windows this season, which has seen the English giants bring in no less than nine players 23 years old or younger, allowing the club’s hierarchy to point to many of their moves as an indication that some semblance of a long-term process is at the forefront of their project.
Drawing comparisons to Nani, Moreira, who is eligible to play for Portugal, Belgium, Germany, and Guinea-Bissau, has made just two appearances for Benfica’s senior team, but is a mainstay for Portugal’s U19 side, having been capped on twelve occasions while scoring two goals.
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