Chelsea closing in on transfer for Sporting wonderkid Dario Essugo despite young stars’ concerns about joining Blues

CHELSEA are closing successful connected a woody for Sporting Lisbon prima Dario Essugo.

The Blues privation to benignant retired a interest with the Portuguese broadside rapidly arsenic the 19-year-old midfielder’s estimation grows connected indebtedness astatine Las Palmas.

Essugo volition lone beryllium keen if helium is to beryllium portion of the squad — a increasing contented with young stars chased by the London club.

Striker Eli Junior Kroupi, 18, chose Bournemouth alternatively of Chelsea past week erstwhile helium discontinue French broadside Lorient.

And the Blues’ Argentinian centre-half Aaron Anselmino, 19, refused a indebtedness to Strasbourg due to the fact that helium does not privation to beryllium moved around.

Essugo joined Sporting successful 2014 astatine the tender property of 9 years old.

After 8 years wrong the Lisbon giants' younker ranks, the antiaircraft midfielder earned a elder call-up.

The Portugal Under-21 planetary would past divided his clip betwixt the archetypal and B team.

That led to caller indebtedness stints astatine Chaves and of people Las Palmas.

Essugo has amassed a full of 1 extremity successful 14 appearances with the LaLiga outfit this season.

This comes aft a full of 25 appearances with Sporting the past 4 years.

Essugo made past with the Portuguese outfit successful 2021 erstwhile helium became the club’s youngest ever subordinate to deterioration the jersey astatine conscionable 16 years and six days

Chelsea didn't bring immoderate caller players during this past January transportation window.

The Blues conscionable recalled Gabriel Slonina, Trevoh Chalobah, David Datro Fofana and Anselmino from their indebtedness stints.