Chelsea specific curiosity in Atletico Madrid defender Marc Pubill

Chelsea are plotting a swoop to signal Atletico Madrid centre-back Marc Pubill, in keeping with Fichajes.

Pubill started his footballing journey in Espanyol’s youth system earlier than he moved to Levante’s academy, the place he made his LaLiga debut in December 2021 at simply 18 years outdated.

Following Levante’s relegation, Pubill continued to develop within the Segunda División earlier than becoming a member of Almería, the place he made 63 appearances, scoring two objectives and offering eight assists.

On the worldwide degree, the 22-year-old most notably gained the 2024 Olympics with Spain, taking part in 73 minutes earlier than being changed by Sevilla’s Juanlu Sánchez.

Following their relegation, Atletico reportedly trumped Premier League facet Wolverhampton Wanderers to safe Pubill’s signature within the final summer time switch window, the place he has since made 17 appearances throughout all competitions.

In keeping with Fichajes, a number of Premier League golf equipment have made enquiries to grasp his state of affairs and potential availability on the Estadio Riyadh Air Metropolitano.

One of many golf equipment concerned about Pubill is Chelsea, in keeping with the Spanish outlet, which claims that the London membership have proven essentially the most stress in latest weeks to signal him and have intensified talks with the participant’s camp as they give the impression of being to get the deal over the road.

Regardless of Atletico slapping a £68m tag on the five-cap Spanish worldwide who’s considered because the ‘perfect profile’ for his defence by Liam Rosenior, the Blues usually are not ruling out matching their calls for subsequent summer time ought to his efficiency proceed to enhance, Fichajes provides.

‘Ultimate profile’

Chelsea have been anticipated so as to add a centre-back to their ranks, with former supervisor Enzo Maresca publicly making the demand after the aftermath of Levi Colwill’s harm.

As an alternative, the membership maintained religion of their out there choices, which have been sometimes spectacular, like the sport in opposition to Barcelona, however inconsistent for a lot of the marketing campaign.

Within the just lately concluded winter switch window, they have been closely linked with Rennes’ Jeremy Jacquet however have been trumped by Premier League rivals Liverpool for his signature.

This led to the recollects of Mamadou Sarr and Aaron Anselmino from their mortgage spells in Strasbourg and Borussia Dortmund, respectively.

The membership have already got a bunch of different choices, together with Wesley Fofana, Josh Acheampong, and Trevoh Chalobah, which means Rosenior is just not wanting proper centre-backs except it’s an improve on the present choices.

Whereas statistics recommend in any other case, his qualities recommend he might enhance with extra taking part in time, however Chelsea might do with a extra skilled selection.