Marina Granovskaia crucial Lucas Digne transfer call opens three January options for Chelsea

Earlier this week, reports emerged of their breakthrough in negotiations to buy Lucas Digne from Everton, placing any idea of Chelsea securing a loan for the French fullback this month into the shredder.

How serious Chelsea’s interest in Digne remains murky, but his nearing exit from Goodison Park means another option to resolve. Thomas Tuchel’s most pressing January issue has been taken off the table with already a week of January completed. infoguidenigeria

Chelsea and Tuchel know that boosting the options for the remainder of the campaign is vital given the number of injuries in the wingback area over the Christmas period.

Ben Chilwell (ACL) and Reece James (Hamstring) are the most devastating, given the length of time out and importance to the team. With the two missing in the last Premier League game, Chelsea’s two starting wingbacks were over the age of 30.

However the case may be, Marina Granovskaia’s decision not to pursue Digne means that Chelsea has three options to resolve this issue before deadline day with the transfer clock ticking down.

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The recent update from football.london has it that Emerson is Tuchel’s first choice over a permanent singing given the Italian’s knowledge of Chelsea, his system and exemplary professionalism last season.

The Italian is unlikely to be more than a four-month option, given Chelsea clearly were looking to move the defender on. With an option to buy in the loan move that sent him to Lyon back in August. jamb result

Sign Dest

Even though Digne is off the table, it does not rule out the possibility of Chelsea trying to buy Barcelona right-back Sergino Dest.

Goal.com reported on Monday that The Blues will also decide on signing a new right-wingback by the beginning of next week. The American is valued at £16m on TransferMarkt. Still, given Barcelona’s need for money and the time of the season, the fee would likely pass £20m.

Promote Lewis Hall

This third option is the obscure, more unlikely option given Hall’s only senior appearance came against a fifth-tier side in Chesterfield last Saturday in the FA Cup. But the 17-year-old’s man of the match display opened a lot of eyes to another developing Cobham talent who from the left side of Tuchel’s back-three was showing good quality and movement.

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