“Working to find the best solution” – Romano shares Chelsea plan for final days of the transfer window | OneFootball

Chelsea remain in the market for a new midfielder as part of their plans for the final days of the transfer window according to Fabrizio Romano.

The January window closes on Monday, and to date the Blues haven’t been as busy as expected, although this is the stage where things tend to pick up in regards to transfers.

Chelsea have finally sold Cesare Casadei to Torino, but they still have a number of players they need to move on before the deadline, whilst ideally they would like to bring one or two in.

Chelsea in the market for a new midfielder

The Blues are looking to strengthen in attack, but were dealt a blow with the news that Mathys Tel has decided to stay at Bayern Munich, whilst they are also said to have joined the race for Brighton’s Evan Ferguson.

Midfield is another area where Chelsea could do with an extra body given the lack of depth due to Romeo Lavia’s persistent injury issues.

Chelsea currently only have two fit midfielders in Enzo Fernandez and Moises Caicedo, with £30m summer signing Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall seemingly not trusted by Enzo Maresca.

Caicedo is in danger of being run into the ground due to a lack of midfield depth. (Photo by Carl Recine/Getty Images)

There have been calls to recall one of Lesley Ugochukwu or Andrey Santos from their respective loans at Southampton and Strasbourg, but that seems unlikely to happen.

The Blues had explored a loan move for Juventus midfielder Douglas Luiz, and Romano has now provided up an update on the midfield situation with time running out.

He took to X.com and said:

“Chelsea remain in the market for a new midfielder as part of final days’ plan. Board working to find the best solution to support Maresca with new midfielder.”

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At this late stage it appears the Blues would be looking for a loan deal given they have both Ugochukwu and Santos on their books, who they are said to rate highly.

Hopefully the club give Maresca an extra body in midfield because Chelsea are an injury to Caicedo or Fernandez away from having huge problems.