Romano explains why Chelsea didn’t sign Crystal Palace-bound Matheus Franca
Fabrizio Romano claims Chelsea held two round-table talks before pulling out from Matheus Franca race
According to Fabrizio Romano, Chelsea had two round-table talks with Flamengo over the signing of attacking midfielder Matheus Franca but withdrew from the race as they felt his value was too high.
Romano says the 19-year-old was valued at around €25–30 million, which was considered too high for the West Londoners. That makes sense because we can’t go around paying whatever price a team places on their youngsters.
Now the attacking midfielder is nearing a move to another Premier League side – Crystal Palace. The Eagles seem to have found the successor to Wilfried Zaha, who turned down £200,000 a week to sign for Turkish club Galatasaray.