{"id":655747,"date":"2025-06-17T05:33:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T09:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=655747"},"modified":"2025-06-17T05:33:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T09:33:00","slug":"jamie-gittens-attacker-considered-priority-for-chelsea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/06\/17\/jamie-gittens-attacker-considered-priority-for-chelsea\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Fantastic’ Attacker Considered Priority For Chelsea As Talks are Set to Follow"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chelsea retains interest in Borussia Dortmund’s Jamie Gittens <\/span>as they<\/span> now <\/span>consider<\/span> him a priority target for a winger.<\/span> The highly rated youngster described as ‘<\/span>fantastic<\/span><\/a>‘ is essentially in his second season as a senior pro after stints with Reading and Manchester City. These performances at such a young age have led to concrete interest from the Conference League winners, who seek a replacement for Jadon Sancho.<\/span><\/p>\n

Chelsea considers Borussia Dortmund’s Jamie Gittens as a ‘priority’<\/span><\/h2>\n

Jamie Gittens: Talks to Follow Between the Clubs<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Gittens’ move to West London is now a priority, as confirmed by\u00a0<\/span>Fabrizio Romano<\/span><\/a>, with talks between the clubs to follow. These talks remain the issue, as Romano also reported that the agreement with the player is still sealed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read More:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Chelsea <\/span>Make<\/span> Enquiry for Emerging International Winger<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

This news coincided with the Blues inquiring about Lyon winger Malick Fofana. Hugo Guillemet broke the news and added that there has been no proposal at this stage.<\/span><\/p>\n

This deal would be Chelsea’s fifth of the summer – which includes Liam Delap and Dario Essugo arriving at Stamford Bridge. The 20-year-old would also mark the fourth signing under the age of 20, highlighting the club’s continuous focus on the hottest young talents in world football.<\/span><\/p>\n

How Gittens Could Eventually Suit Chelsea<\/span><\/h3>\n

Although the Borussia Dortmund winger\u00a0has limited experience, he has already shown why he is a priority for Enzo Maresca’s side. Throughout the Italian’s first season in charge, he has utilised both inverted wingers and traditional wingers, who look to get to the byline.<\/span><\/p>\n

Gittens would likely be the option off the left, due to his strong right foot. He often uses this to cut inside and be penetrative through shots or crosses. However, he is also still comfortable on his left foot. <\/span>This ability <\/span>allows<\/span> him to be unpredictable, as he can <\/span>beat<\/span> his defender in <\/span>many<\/span> ways.<\/span> This attribute suits Maresca’s side as Gittens thrives in 1v1 situations when isolated, whilst also generating maximum width by hugging the touchline.<\/span><\/p>\n

Aside from this, he is also a gifted dribbler. This comes from his athleticism and burst of pace, which defenders struggle to deal with. This has led to the attacker being in the top one percentile in Europe for\u00a0<\/span>successful take-ons per 90<\/span><\/a>. Moreover, this highlights his qualities in transition as he can use this when driving into space.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, there are also some limitations. For example, against low blocks, he sometimes struggles to get involved in the all-around play. This issue could exacerbate in the Premier League as Chelsea likes to dominate possession and force teams into a low block. Despite this, he can work on these issues over time, given his young age.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chelsea retains interest in Borussia Dortmund’s Jamie Gittens as they now consider him a priority target for a winger. The highly rated youngster described as ‘fantastic‘ is essentially in his second season as a senior pro after stints with Reading and Manchester City. These performances at such a young age have led to concrete interest […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5391,"featured_media":649655,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_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":[11,8383,4,30,3,7188],"tags":[8611,32174],"class_list":["post-655747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea","category-borussia-dortmund","category-bundesliga","category-news","category-premier-league","category-rumours","tag-chelsea-transfer-rumours","tag-jamie-gittens"],"modified_by":"Ricky Carroll, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655747","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\/5391"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=655747"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":655799,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655747\/revisions\/655799"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/649655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=655747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=655747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=655747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}