{"id":16538,"date":"2026-07-11T23:48:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T23:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=16538"},"modified":"2026-07-11T23:48:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T23:48:03","slug":"chelsea-decide-against-signing-14-g-a-wingback-despite-having-buyback-clause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=16538","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea Decide Against Signing 14 G\/A Wingback Despite Having &#8216;Buyback Clause&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<article>\n<p><em>This article contains affiliate links. We may earn a small commission on items purchased through this article, but that does not affect our editorial judgement.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chelsea have told Roma that they will have a free run to sign Strasbourg wingback Diego Moreira this summer, according to reports in the Italian media.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Belgian had an impressive season in France, having scored 5 goals and provided 9 assists in 42 appearances. He was subsequently rewarded with a place in Belgium\u2019s World Cup squad.<\/p>\n<p>Moreira was sold by Chelsea to Strasbourg for \u20ac8.5m two years ago, and <em>Gazzetta dello Sport<\/em> claim they retain a \u201cbuyback clause\u201d on the player.<\/p>\n<p>The newspaper say that Roma are interested in the Belgian international, but they were concerned that the Blues would look to bring the player back to Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sra_unit\"><link rel=\"stylesheet\" id=\"block-sra\" href=\"https:\/\/chelseanews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/snack-related-articles\/dist\/css\/snack-related.min.css?230424-120159\" type=\"text\/css\" media=\"all\"\/>\n<aside class=\"sra-group sra-related-list\">\n<h2 class=\"sra-group-head\">Most Read on Chelsea News<\/h2>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p>However, Xabi Alonso\u2019s side have \u201cmade it clear they are not interested\u201d in re-signing Moreira, leaving the path clear for him to make the move to Serie A instead.<\/p>\n<h2>Chavarria is the club\u2019s top priority<\/h2>\n<p>Moreira would have been a good fit for Alonso\u2019s 3-4-3 system, having been mostly deployed as a left wingback by Strasbourg over the past two seasons, but <em>Journal<\/em> claim that Alonso has prioritised a move for Rayo Vallecano\u2019s Pep Chavarria instead. <\/p>\n<p>After having an opening bid rejected for the 28-year-old, they are expected to return with <strong>another offer<\/strong> soon.<\/p>\n<p>Get a brand new Chelsea 26\/27 home stadium shirt from Fanatics here<\/p>\n<h2>Roma are also interested in signing a current Chelsea star<\/h2>\n<p>It is believed that the Giallorossi have <strong>enquired about the availability of Alejandro Garnacho<\/strong>. The Argentinian international is reportedly on the market less than a year after his arrival from Manchester United.<\/p>\n<p>Moreira does play in similar positions to Garnacho, but it appears that Roma see him as an alternative to Marseille\u2019s Mason Greenwood, who looks set to join Fenerbahce.<\/p>\n<\/article><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article contains affiliate links. We may earn a small commission on items purchased through&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16539,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16538\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}