A new development has been made regarding Chelsea’s plans to enhance the calibre of their attacking options before the 2023–24 season.
What has changed regarding Kylian Mbappe and Chelsea?
The Blues are prepared to declare their interest in signing Kylian Mbappe, the star forward for Paris St. Germain, if he becomes available during the summer transfer window, according to The Times.
According to the report, the French international has informed his current club that he will not be renewing his current contract after 2024. As a result, the brilliant attacker is expected to become a free agent at the conclusion of the current campaign.
If there is no chance of the 24-year-old signing a contract extension, which might allow Mauricio Pochettino to swoop in, PSG will be open to selling the former Monaco starlet. They don’t want to lose him for nothing next year.
How well-suited is Kylian Mbappe to Chelsea?
By signing the quick Frenchman, who FootballTransfers values at €136 million (£116 million), the Chelsea manager may finally be able to replace Eden Hazard for the team. The manager could use him on the left side of his attack.
No winger has assisted (16) or scored (15) as many goals since the Belgian international left Stamford Bridge as he did during the 2018–19 Premier League season. The closest any midfielder has come to matching those totals in 2021/22 was Mason Mount, who finished the season with 11 goals and 10 assists.
Hazard was a mercurial talent on the left wing who, over the course of several years, was able to cut inside onto his preferred right foot with devastating effect. Hazard plunderered 110 goals and 92 assists in 352 appearances for the Blues.
Mbappe, who was referred to as a “alien” by Poland’s Piotr Zielinski, has the potential to have an impact on the Premier League for Chelsea that is comparable to and possibly even greater than Zielinski.
During the 2022–23 season, the PSG No. 7 scored 29 goals and produced 17 “big chances” for his teammates in Ligue 1. This occurred after the “electric” whiz, as journalist Matt Lawton dubbed him, amassed 28 goals and 17 assists in the French top-flight the previous season.
These numbers indicate that the 2018 World Cup winner, who can play off the left and through the middle, has the potential to be a Hazard-like player for Pochettino at Chelsea in terms of both scoring and setting up goals.
Since the Belgian magician completed his transfer to Real Madrid in the summer of 2019, Mbappe could be a sensational addition to the team and one that elevates the team’s attack next season in a way that has not been seen.
