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\nKerim Alajbegovic is a player Chelsea would like to sign amid links to Arsenal(Image: Jane Gershovich\/ISI Photos\/ISI Photos via Getty Images)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/button><\/p>\n
Chelsea are keen on signing Bayer Leverkusen attacking midfielder Kerim Alajbegovic. The Bosnian international made a name for himself on the global stage after scoring in the World Cup.<\/p>\n
football.london<\/strong> understands that the 18-year-old is one of the players who had been under consideration as a potential signing for Arsenal\u2019s own left-hand side. However, with both Gabriel Martinelli and new boy Christos Tzolis, regular minutes could prove challenging.<\/p>\nChelsea also have options, including the \u00a3117million addition of Morgan Rogers. However, the benefit Chelsea have to offer any young player is a pre-made pathway to senior minutes at a good level with Strasbourg.<\/p>\n
FOLLOW OUR ARSENAL FB PAGE!<\/strong> Latest Gunners news, analysis and much more via our dedicated Facebook page<\/strong><\/p>\nThe multi-club model allows clubs like Chelsea and Manchester City the chance to sign players and offer guarantees over playing time, or profit from signing young players who are then sold for big profit. Andrey Santos spent time with Strasbourg before returning to Chelsea and then signing for Manchester United for \u00a350million.<\/p>\n
Djordje Petrovic is another example, signed for just north of \u00a310million, spent time in France before getting some minutes with Chelsea when more ready before being sold to Bournemouth. Red Bull Salzburg, Alajbegovic\u2019s former club, have one of the most famous multi-club groups with RB Leipzig, New York Red Bulls and even Leeds United, who saw the drinks manufacturer take a minority ownership stake in the club in 2024.<\/p>\n
Mikel Arteta has hinted that a multi-club model is something Arsenal should be looking to explore in 2025. Although so far, there has been no suggestion that Arsenal are looking at doing such a thing any time soon.<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, that\u2019s something that a lot of clubs have at the moment,\u201d said Arteta. \u201cSo, that restriction in the country has provoked that many other clubs have now, like sister clubs or multi-club systems, to be able to do that.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, looking ahead in the future, it\u2019s something basically to explore because obviously with the actual system it\u2019s very, very difficult. Every club is very different in the way that they are set up, and the clubs that they have picked are various.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut in our way, it\u2019s obviously a decision from our ownership and the board to understand what is the best thing for the club in the future.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy involvement is in the team and the squad. I have full trust in what the club has to do there, and they have to decide. If the club wants my opinion, then I\u2019m more than happy to give that, but my focus is on the team.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arsenal could be set to lose another player they like to London rivals Chelsea with…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20973,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20972","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\/20972","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=20972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20972\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}