Chelsea has been one of the last clubs to join the open bid for the services of Vitor Roque. The new owners of the English club want to continue building a competitive squad, despite the fact that in winter they already spent more than 400 million euros. The idea is to allow them to fight for the title with Manchester City, United and Arsenal next season, and for this they urgently need a center forward.
Within this list the youngest name and projection that you have is that of the Brazilian striker, who also wants FC Barcelona. Precisely both clubs come from a summer in which they were at war over the signings of Raphinha and Koundé, with both footballers giving priority to the culé team and not to the more money they offered at Stamford Bridge.
A rising talent
Interest in Vitor Roque has increased recently, after the moves made by both Barça and Arsenal. Its sports director, the German Christopher Vivell, has started looking for a ‘9’ before the more than likely departure of Aubameyang, that everything indicates that he will leave the club this coming summer and in fact the Catalan club would be his main destination, as long as he can arrive free.
The presence of the Gabonese in the Camp Nou locker room celebrating, like another blaugrana, the victory in the last classic against Real Madrid has not been liked and nothing to the sports management of the ‘blues’. Given this, Chelsea’s plan would be to shorten the stay of the former Arsenal footballer and let him leave in July, although concentrating his efforts on what is the main objective of Barça, Vitor Roque.
The roadmap is clear to compete with Barça
The English club believes that the 18-year-old striker has the right profile to succeed in the Premier League and in winter the new management of the team made it clear that they like the idea of betting on a profile of young footballers who could have a long career in the capital english. This was demonstrated with the purchases of footballers such as Enzo Fernández (22 years old); Madueke (21), Badiashile (22) or Mudryk (22).
To them must also be added the signing of Andrey Santos, the 18-year-old Vasco da Gama midfielder who was also on Barça’s agenda and who made his debut with Vitor Roque in the Seleçao last Saturday. Although the midfielder will finish this season on loan in his country, it is clear that Chelsea will have no problem in negotiating with Ath. paranaense.
