(Video): Why Mateo Kovacic is worth the £40M Chelsea have paid for him

With Chelsea announcing the permanent acquisition of Mateo Kovacic on Monday, we Blues fans were left wondering what it was we were to receive in exchange for our cash.

The transfer fee totalled as much as £40M, per the BBC‘s report on the deal, which seems like a hefty sum for a player who was unable to find the net in 51 appearances last season.

While Kovacic is undoubtedly talented, his lack of direct goal contributions begs the question as to whether he is simply too ineffective to play for a club of our calibre.

What does he do? It’s a question which has been asked a lot, but one that has now been helpfully answered in the form of a 10 minute YouTube compilation.

While videos of this kind rarely tell the whole story, there’s some bits included that you may have missed when watching in real time. Have a look at this.

On this evidence, and of course his superb showing in Baku, we’d deem him worth a shot. If it all goes wrong, he’s still young and has resale potential.

What do you think, Blues?

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