Chelsea considering move for ‘fast and aggressive’ £70m Premier League star

Chelsea are considering a determination for Crystal Palace defender Marc Guehi successful the adjacent summer transportation window, according to reports.

Guehi was Newcastle United’s No.1 target past summertime but the Magpies failed to motion him, with Palace refusing to little their £70m terms tag.

The 24-year-old, capped 22 times by England, was precocious praised by interim Three Lions brag Lee Carsley for being ‘fast and aggressive’.

Guehi has present attracted involvement from his erstwhile nine Chelsea, who are hoping the centre-back volition beryllium disposable for a cut-price interest adjacent summer.

That’s according to talkSPORT, who adhd that Guehi is retired of declaration astatine the extremity of adjacent play and is successful nary unreserved to perpetrate to a caller woody astatine Palace.

Guehi is simply a fashionable fig astatine Stamford Bridge having progressed done Chelsea’s academy and spending 14 years astatine the nine from 2007 to 2021.

He lone made 2 first-team appearances for the Blues, spending clip retired connected indebtedness astatine Swansea City earlier helium was sold to Palace 3 years ago.

Guehi has majorly impressed for Palace since his accomplishment astatine Selhurst Park, which has seen interruption into the England team.

Carsley lauded Guehi earlier this period and said: ‘I made Marc skipper erstwhile I was successful complaint of the Under-21s. He’s a subordinate who has shown enactment qualities passim his vocation truthful far.

‘His maturity [is evident] not lone connected the transportation but disconnected the pitch. he’s moving successful the close absorption successful presumption of his quality.

‘He’s playing truly good astatine Palace successful the games that I person seen and he’s moving successful the close absorption successful presumption of his quality.

‘I inactive deliberation determination is simply a batch much to travel from Marc. Physically, he’s accelerated and he’s aggressive.

‘On the ball, helium is fantabulous arsenic good truthful helium conscionable needs to support improving. There’s bully contention for places successful that centre-back presumption but Marc is decidedly worthy of his position.’

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