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Chelsea return to action when they welcome Newcastle United to Stamford Bridge on Monday night.
The Blues had been held to a 2-2 design by West London neighbours Brentford final day out, adding to the stress on manager Mauricio Pochettino.
The same outdated Tottenham Hotspur boss has persevered a tough season to this point at Stamford Bridge, alongside with his facet winning stunning ten of their 26 Premier League video games and likewise dropping the Carabao Cup final towards Liverpool final month.
Within the imply time sitting 11th within the Premier League desk, the stress is indubitably mounting on Pochettino to turn his facet’s fortunes round, though the Magpies will provide one other stern test.
For the time being, it has emerged that the Blues are hoping to sell one of their costliest defenders this summer.
As reported by Football Insider, left-support Marc Cucurella is one of a series of gamers that will doubtless be made readily accessible for sale when the switch window reopens.
The Spaniard changed into one of several excessive profile signings at Chelsea in 2022, when Todd Boehly first took price of the membership.
The paunchy-support arrived at Stamford Bridge from Brighton and Hove Albion in a deal worth round £63 million, stunning one one year after joining the Seagulls from Spanish facet Getafe.
It’s claimed that Chelsea will watch to sell as many as four first crew gamers sooner than July in expose to meet their profit and sustainability requirements.
Cucurella, 25, has performed a tiny bit-share role for the Blues sooner or later of his time on the membership, making a total of forty five appearances across all competitions.
This season the defender has performed 12 cases, though he has been sidelined since December due to an ankle hurt.
He’s currently reduced in size to the London facet until the finish of the 2027/28 season, but evidently these accountable for the membership may perchance perchance also watch to sell him some distance sooner.
One day of the recent January switch window, opponents Manchester United had been linked with a shock prance for the Spaniard, however the prance by no technique materialised.