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‘We Can Do Better Than This’ ‘I Think He’d Be Option D’ Fans React As Agent Of £27m Rated Target Confirms Chelsea Interest

‘We Can Do Better Than This’ ‘I Think He’d Be Option D’ Fans React As Agent Of £27m Rated Target Confirms Chelsea Interest

David Tully May 29th 2020

The agent of Porto winger Jesus Corona has revealed that he has held talks with Chelsea over a possible move to Stamford Bridge this summer.

The Mexican international is reportedly a backup option for Jadon Sancho, and when asked about potential interest from the Blues, Matias Bunge said the London club have him listed as one of their potential targets:

“At some point we talked to them. I cannot say if he’s option A, B or C, now they are rather rumours. We’ll have to wait a bit for this to continue moving forward and for the leagues to begin again, and from there see what the next movements will be because the market is a little bit stopped.”

Bunge also confirmed that Corona has a €30m (£27m) release clause but fans on Twitter are sceptical whether he’d have the quality to be a regular first-team player:

As we mentioned in our profile of the 27-year-old earlier this week, the Mexican can play in a number of different positions, including right-wing, right-back, left-wing and as a number 10.

With Corona having also bagged 17 assists this campaign, manager Frank Lampard may have also been attracted to his creativity. It would be hard to make the case, though, that he is at the same level of someone like Sancho.

David Tully

David Tully

David has worked as a football reporter for the last fifteen years. Having started as an intern at Snack Media, he then went on to become a freelancer, working on various different sites. At the start of 2023, he took up his current role as content writer for National World's Football News Network.

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