Antonio Nusa transfer decision highlights potential £65m Chelsea error Todd Boehly must address
Club Brugge manager Ronny Deila has opened up on his thoughts on teenage sensation Antonio Nusa after the Chelsea target remained in Belgium rather than making a move to the Premier League this summer. Nusa, 18, was the subject of a late bid of around £25million as he became the next big fantasy for new Blues owners Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital.
It continues a mass recruitment drive that has been led since January 2023 with the average age of incomings gradually decreasing. Over the summer window that number was down at less than 21, leaving the squad available to Mauricio Pochettino extremely baby-faced.
Nusa would have been just the next player in a long list of talented youngsters to join the club in the past 12 months with Mykhailo Mudryk, Noni Madueke, Nicolas Jackson, Angelo Gabriel, Diego Moreira, Omari Hutchinson, Deivid Washington and Cole Palmer just some of the recruits in the front line. There is already a potential block for those that have joined less than eight months ago and Deila's stance suggests that Nusa was right to hold back on the big move.
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«I don't want to think about that. I think it is good for him to stay,» he said. «In his first two seasons here he did not play much, now he will do so regularly. He can also bring a lot to the team.
»I'm looking forward to helping him develop. Playing European football here and competing for trophies is the best development he can get. And as soon as he feels ready to take the step to the top, he will choose something else."
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