{"id":3171,"date":"2026-05-02T10:48:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T10:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=3171"},"modified":"2026-05-02T10:48:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T10:48:56","slug":"chelsea-recently-made-strong-push-for-signing-young-attacker-highly-sought-after","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=3171","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea \u2018recently made strong push\u2019 for signing \u2013 Young attacker highly sought after"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Marseille\u2019s Sa\u00efd Remadnia has been on Chelsea\u2018s radar for most part of this season. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Premier League side have already made moves to try and sign the 17-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>In December, Sport Witness relayed news of Chelsea meeting his agent over a potential deal and also carrying out advanced negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>Later that month, we relayed news that Marseille sporting director Medhi Benatia decided to take swift action, after the Blues made advances. The Ligue 1 side are keen to retain him after the west London club\u2019s pressure intensified.<\/p>\n<p>The winger joined Marseille on a free transfer in 2019 after a short spell at another French club, SC Air Bel Jugend.<\/p>\n<p>He made his way into Marseille U17 side in 2024 and then to their U19s a year later. The teenager has been with the latter this season and is yet to make his first team debut.<\/p>\n<p>His stats with Marseille U19s are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Appearances: 16<\/li>\n<li>Starts: 14<\/li>\n<li>Total minutes: 1,259<\/li>\n<li>Goals: 4<\/li>\n<li>Assists: 0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Chelsea attempt for signing<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Despite being so young, he has caught the attention of several clubs. That\u2019s according to RMC Sport, who state Sa\u00efd Remadnia is highly sought after in the market.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea are the only club to get a mention as the Premier League side have tried to sign him. The Blues \u2018recently made a strong push\u2019 to secure his services.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Marseille-born attacker has made a decision to commit his future to the Ligue 1 side.<\/p>\n<p>The report states he\u2019s signed a \u2018trainee contract\u2019 with the French club despite interest from elsewhere and uncertainty at Marseille.<\/p>\n<p>Both Roberto De Zerbi and president Pablo Longoria have already left while Medhi Benatia will leave at the end of the season.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Chelsea could return in future<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Two months ago, Sa\u00efd Remadnia turned 17 years of age, and due to Brexit, he can\u2019t move to the UK until he\u2019s 18.<\/p>\n<p>If Chelsea had signed him, he would have had to wait until the summer of 2027 to arrive at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n<p>Should he impress over the next year, the Blues could return for him.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 2 -->\n        <\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marseille\u2019s Sa\u00efd Remadnia has been on Chelsea\u2018s radar for most part of this season. The&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2171,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3171","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\/3171","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=3171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}