{"id":625115,"date":"2023-07-14T08:38:53","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T12:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=625115"},"modified":"2023-07-14T08:38:53","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T12:38:53","slug":"chelsea-rayan-cherki-transfer-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/07\/14\/chelsea-rayan-cherki-transfer-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea Face Resistance in Pursuit of \u2018Sensational\u2019 \u00a350 Million Young Christian Pulisic Replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea are going to find resistance from Olympique Lyonnais in their pursuit to sign young midfielder Rayan Cherki, claims <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2023\/jul\/12\/lyon-determined-to-resist-chelseas-interest-in-signing-rayan-cherki\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Guardian&#8217;s Ed Aarons<\/a>. The Blues want to add more firepower to their attack after roping in Christopher Nkunku and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/06\/23\/chelsea-nicolas-jackson-full-agreement-villarreal\/\" target=\"_self\">Nicolas Jackson<\/a> in the summer.<\/p>\n<h2>Chelsea Face Difficulties in Rayan Cherki Chase<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udee1\ufe0f\ud83d\udd35<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UPDATE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#UPDATE<\/a>: Lyon are determined not to sell Rayan Cherki this summer despite strong interest from Chelsea in the France Under-21 forward.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ed_aarons?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@ed_aarons<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#CFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eeGMxLX76z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/eeGMxLX76z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \ud83d\udca5 BlueCo Xtra (@Bluecoxtra) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bluecoxtra\/status\/1679011516811563008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 12, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Chelsea Eyeing Cherki as Christian Pulisic Successor<\/h3>\n<p>The 19-year-old made his debut for the Ligue 1 side at the age of 16 and has been impressing for them ever since, being recognized for his exciting playing style that involves a sizzling dribbling ability and a skilful passing ability.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/07\/04\/chelsea-close-angelo-gabriel-transfer\/\" target=\"_self\">Chelsea Close to Angelo Gabriel Signing<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aarons adds that the Blues are eyeing Cherki as a possible replacement for Christian Pulisic, who has opted to join AC Mila. It&#8217;s stated that Chelsea held talks with Lyon&#8217;s owner John Textor over the potential transfer, but will face resistance from the French side.<\/p>\n<p>Lyon are reportedly determined to resist Mauricio Pochettino&#8217;s side&#8217;s push to sign the 19-year-old winger, as they want to keep him for next season. Aarons reports that the Frenchman is valued at around \u00a350 million and that Newcastle United also recently expressed a desire to sign him. However, neither of the Premier League side are going to find it easy to sign the young sensation in the summer window.<\/p>\n<h3>What Can Cherki Bring to Chelsea?<\/h3>\n<p>Cherki is a graduate of Lyon&#8217;s youth academy and has already made over 100 appearances across all competitions at just 19 years of age. The teenager is a versatile midfielder, being able to operate as a no.10 and on either wing if necessary.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/07\/11\/david-datro-fofana-chelsea-loan-union-berlin\/\" target=\"_self\">David Datro Fofana Leaves Chelsea for Union Berlin Loan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 19-year-old loves to dribble with the ball, which makes him an exciting figure to watch. He also excels in creating chances with his defence-splitting passes and can also take set-pieces. Cherki has been hailed as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mvAk-ed-rZU&amp;pp=ygUMUmF5YW4gQ2hlcmtp\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;sensational&#8217;<\/a> for his impressive playing style &#8211; which has seen him score eight goals and deliver 10 assists for Lyon in Ligue 1 so far. However, his high value means that Chelsea needs to pay over the odds if they want to rope him in as the successor for Pulisic.<\/p>\n<h3>Chelsea Lineup Predictions<\/h3>\n<p>Last Word on Football had this to say on the potential lineup the Blues will set up with in the coming term:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rebuild Needed - How Mauricio Pochettino Will SAVE Chelsea\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VaSiVa4NgKQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Featured Image<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-624394 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/06\/Chelsea-FC-Stamford-Bridge-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"Stamford Bridge - Andrey Santos\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/06\/Chelsea-FC-Stamford-Bridge-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/06\/Chelsea-FC-Stamford-Bridge-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/06\/Chelsea-FC-Stamford-Bridge-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/06\/Chelsea-FC-Stamford-Bridge-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/06\/Chelsea-FC-Stamford-Bridge.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea are going to find resistance from Olympique Lyonnais in their pursuit to sign young midfielder Rayan Cherki, claims The Guardian&#8217;s Ed Aarons. The Blues want to add more firepower to their attack after roping in Christopher Nkunku and Nicolas Jackson in the summer. Chelsea Face Difficulties in Rayan Cherki Chase \ud83d\udee1\ufe0f\ud83d\udd35#UPDATE: Lyon are determined [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4218,"featured_media":624394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,11,7188],"tags":[8611],"class_list":["post-625115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-chelsea","category-rumours","tag-chelsea-transfer-rumours"],"modified_by":"Alex Richards, LWOF Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4218"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=625115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/624394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=625115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=625115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}