Chelsea set to sign Ruben Amorim’s former Sporting Lisbon player

Chelsea are closing successful connected a woody for 1 of Manchester United brag Ruben Amorim’s erstwhile Sporting Lisbon players.

Amorim gave highly-rated Portuguese midfielder Dario Essugo his nonrecreational debut backmost successful 2020, bringing him connected successful the Primeira Liga conscionable fewer days aft his 16th birthday.

Essugo had not adjacent featured for Sporting’s U23 oregon reserve squad erstwhile helium made his first-team debut and became the youngest-ever debutant successful the club’s history.

The records kept connected coming for Essugo, who became the youngest Portuguese subordinate to play successful the Champions League erstwhile helium featured against Ajax astatine the extremity of 2021.

A fewer months aboriginal Essugo besides surpassed Portugal icon Luis Figo arsenic Sporting Lisbon’s youngest starter.

Despite his record-breaking feats, Essugo’s improvement implicit the past fewer years has been gradual, with the 19-year-old lone making 23 appearances for Sporting Lisbon.

In the pursuit of much regular game-time, Essugo joined chap Portuguese nine Chaves successful January 2024 – playing 14 games for the relegated broadside – and Las Palmas astatine the commencement of this season.

Essugo has impressed his onlookers during his 2nd indebtedness spell and emerged arsenic a people for Premier League giants Chelsea.

The Blues considered a January determination for Essugo and portion that failed to materialise, The Sun accidental they are present closing successful connected a woody to bring the teen to Stamford Bridge successful the summer.

The lone contented is convincing Essugo that helium volition get the accidental to marque it astatine Chelsea contempt the abundance of endowment and costly players successful Enzo Maresca’s squad.

Essugo made 2 appearances for Amorim’s Sporting Lisbon astatine the commencement of the play earlier some near the Portuguese giants, the subordinate connected a indebtedness determination and the manager to replace Erik 10 Hag astatine Manchester United.

Chelsea endured a subdued January transportation model – lone bringing successful teenage midfielder Mathis Amougou from St Etienne.

Joao Felix, Ben Chilwell, Axel Disasi, Renato Veiga, Cesare Casadei and Carney Chukwuemeka were each allowed to permission westbound London.

Despite the deficiency of January additions, Maresca said helium was blessed with however the wintertime model panned retired up of Chelsea’s FA Cup clash against Brighton connected Saturday evening.

‘I said aft the West Ham crippled that the things that we planned successful presumption of players that had the tendency to permission and the players that we need,’ the Blues brag said.

‘In the end, I deliberation we did each of the things we needed. Before the past game, we had 2 strikers, Nico and Marc.

‘Sometimes we accommodate besides Christo [Nkunku] there, but successful lawsuit some of them are out, we are going to find a antithetic solution.’

Amorim was expected to raid Sporting Lisbon for respective of his erstwhile stars aft taking implicit astatine Manchester United but is yet to crook to his ex-club for additions.

He is, however, expected to authorisation a immense summertime determination for Sporting striker Viktor Gyokeres, who has scored a singular 77 goals successful 84 appearances since joining the nine successful 2023.

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