'Verbal agreement' - Fabrizio Romano says Chelsea are selling Champions League winner
Enzo Maresca is about to trim another player from his bloated squad with an agreement now reportedly in place.
Chelsea have reportedly agreed to offload another player after striking a deal with Napoli to sell Romelu Lukaku. Enzo Maresca still has a hugely bloated squad with the summer window set to close on Friday night, and the Blues are working to offload a number of unwanted players.
Departures will help Chelsea balance the books, but perhaps more importantly, the club need to make life easier for Maresca who currently has a separate squad of players training away from the main squad. Those players have been deemed surplus to requirements and will likely be offloaded one way or another before Friday night’s deadline.
The Blues have made progress with Lukaku, who looks set to join Napoli, and there is further movement, according to reports, with Tino Anjorin set to move on int he form of a permanent deal. The 22-year-old has only ever made one league appearance for the Blues, completing three separate loan spells, one each with Lokomotiv Moscow, Huddersfield Town and Portsmouth.
The former England under-20s international now looks set to find a new club in Serie A, much like Lukaku. Fabrizio Romano has tweeted: “Tino Anjorin, next player to leave Chelsea as deal has been verbally agreed with Serie A side Empoli. Permanent move with final details being sorted and then Tino will fly for medical, as Sky Sport reported.” Portsmouth were linked with a fresh loan move for Anjorin following their Championship return, but a bid has not been forthcoming. The 22-year-old will now look to kick on with his career with Empoli and hopefully with regular game time, something he has struggled to land in his professional career so far. Despite that, he does have a Champions League winners’ medal in his possession having been part of that successful Chelsea European campaign in the 2020/21 season.