It seems that in Stamford Bridge have specialized in this winter market, to incorporate players into the blaugrana orbit. In the last few hours, the Chelsea has made official what had been an open secret: the hiring of the defender of the Lyon Olympics, Malo Gusto, which signs until the year 2030 and will play on loan until the end of the season for his current Ligue 1 team.
At 19 years old, the young winger has already participated in the France Under-21 team, and his 15 games in Ligue 1 this 2022-23 season have been enough for the big clubs in Europe to pay attention to him. The economic details of the operation between Lyon and Chelsea have not been revealed, but Sky Sports points out that the London team will pay around 26.3 million pounds –32 million euros– for the footballer
The Barça handled very good reports about the progression of Malo wantalthough it is true that it never became a real option due to the high cost that it would have entailed for the coffers of the Camp Nou. It treats of a profile of offensive vocation, with facility to center and to assist to his mates. In the defensive section, he still has to polish some aspects, but his speed allows him to recover the position quickly and play in forward defense.
Malo Gusto, Barça’s objective, in a match with Olympique de Lyon / EFE
transfers blues in Barcelona orbit
Gusto is Chelsea’s seventh signing in the winter windowafter the London club signed in recent weeks to Mykhalo Mudryk, Benoit Badiashile, Noni Madueke, Andrey Santos and David Ffana. All this, without counting the arrival in the form of transfer of Joao Felix.
The Portuguese attacker Atletico Madrid era one of Laporta’s great desires to reinforce the culé attack, although once again the economic power of Chelsea –and the tense relations between Atlético and Barça– have led to the departure of the Portuguese towards the Premier League.
Joao Félix, during the match against FC Barcelona at the Metropolitan / EFE
Besides Malo Gusto and Joao Félix, FC Barcelona has also been spying on the evolution of Andrey Santos for monthsBrazilian talent from Vasco da Gama who was considered as a future option for the position of defensive midfielder. Barça’s current financial situation prevented him from competing with the Chelseawhich has paid around 20 kilos for his signing.
Chelsea takes revenge on Barça
Three players closely followed by the sports plot of Mateu Alemany and Jordi Cruyfftherefore, they have ended up in the ranks of the group blue this very winter. It is clear that, to this day, the possibilities for culés to incorporate new footballers go through other formulas: assignments and market opportunities with players who finish contract, mainly.
The ChelseaIn this way, he indirectly avenges what happened last summer, when two footballers from his squad ended up at the Camp Nou: Andreas Christensen, with the letter of freedomand a Mark Alonso which came at low cost and just renewed until 2024. not counting Dembelewhich interested the London team but finally opted to sign a new contract with FC Barcelona.
