Reported loan for promising Chelsea player would be good move
A possible loan for a promising Chelsea player would potentially be a positive move for athlete and club. Will Armando Broja leave temporarily and return the complete striker? Meanwhile The Pride of London discuss the upcoming match against Crystal Palace
Italian club Inter Milan are after Chelsea’s Broja. That is, if a claim is accurate. PoL consider the 22-year-old too accomplished to entirely relinquish, yet.
If the Blues sign another centreforward, the Albanian would drop down the pecking order. Read more by clicking here.
Chelsea vs Crystal Palace at Stamford Bridge
The Blues meet the Eagles on Wednesday night at 7:30 UK time, as Christmas parties and festivities settle down. There is not as much space between the two capital sides as there typically was in the past. However, Palace are, as usual, unnecessarily flirting with the relegation zone in 15th EPL position. With the squad at his disposal, Roy Hodgson’s men should be performing more adequately.
Although, the 76-year-old only rejoined the south Londoners in March 2023. Losing one-time Chelsea target and former CFC starlet Michael Olise for the majority of the season so far also harmed the Croydon-based outfit. Nevertheless, Chelsea, as the home team with a superior roster and manager, should win the game.
Chels’ are favourites to attain the three points with Google’s probability meter, at 57 percent. While Palace are only given a 19% chance. The Blues have been victorious in every one of the previous five meetings across all competitions between the Premier League pair; incredibly, the west London club only conceded one goal during that period. In fact, it is 12 consecutive wins in total at the time of writing.
Earlier this week, we covered a report from Brazil which said Crystal Palace could sign Cristian Medina from Boca Juniors.
That’d be a plan from John Textor, who’s trying to get the player to Botafogo. Since the Rio de Janeiro club are struggling to afford the transfer, the businessman would use either Lyon or the Eagles to buy him and loan him there.
An update on this story is now brought by Globo Esporte, and even though there are different developments in this story, Crystal Palace are once again mentioned as part of the strategy.
It’s now said that Botafogo placed an official bid for Medina. They previously had a €7m offer turned down, and now put over €8m on the table.
To convince the player to accept the move, they’re reportedly building a ‘career plan’ involving Lyon and Crystal Palace, promising that he could move to one of those clubs in the future.
There’s still a long way to go, though, as Medina is protected by a US$15m release clause and Boca Juniors are being tough in the negotiations.
