Chelsea linked with unlikely third option at left back

Sometimes you wonder how much attention the journalists in other countries are paying attention before they start coming up with transfer rumours.

Today Fichajes have linked Chelsea with Alejandro Balde, the La Masia product currently giving Xavi Hernandez an interesting alternative at left back.

It’s something we would have believed, had the club not spent big on Ben Chilwell two years ago and then big again on Marc Cucurella this summer. Even the move for the Brighton man seemed excessive.

Yes Cucurella will play a lot at left centre back in a 433, but it still seems unnecessary to have three top tier options in one position while we don’t have a single decent striker, for example.

Of course, it would be ironic if the arrival of Marcos Alonso at Barcelona from Chelsea caused Balde to lose his place in the queue for minutes, and precipitate a move to West London for him.

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