{"id":4971,"date":"2026-05-06T17:46:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T17:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=4971"},"modified":"2026-05-06T17:46:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T17:46:04","slug":"chelsea-impressed-by-defender-with-e40m-asking-price","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=4971","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea &#8220;impressed&#8221; by defender with \u20ac40m asking price"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Joel Ordonez is being linked with Chelsea and other Premier League teams after another impressive season with Club Brugge.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>If you enjoy Chelsea News coverage and want to see more of it, add us as a preferred source on Google to make us a favourite and see more of our content.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Chelsea\u2019s targets for the summer are starting to come into focus, and according to a report in TeamTalk today, one of them is Joel Ordonez of Club Brugge.<\/p>\n<p>The 22 year old has had another great season in Belgium, and one by one Premier League teams are lining up to try and sign him. A reported \u20ac40m asking price makes him very tempting, with Liverpool, Man U, Tottenham and Aston Villa also mentioned in this piece.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea are \u201cimpressed\u201d by the Ecuador star\u2019s development, and have been watching him domestically and in the Champions League this season.<\/p>\n<h2>Ordonez a great talent \u2013 but lacks one quality Chelsea are looking for<\/h2>\n<p>Ordonez looks like a really top prospect, there\u2019s no doubting that. He\u2019s physically superb and is developing the technical and mental side of his game rapidly.<\/p>\n<p>But he is not the Premier League experienced defender that we\u2019ve heard that Chelsea are going to push for. We\u2019ve signed plenty of talented youngsters from Europe in that position and they\u2019ve not worked out. Is Ordonez the exception, or another one for the discard pile?<\/p>\n<h2>In other news\u2026<\/h2>\n<p>Chelsea\u2019s sporting directors are not popular with fans right now, and on Monday they made another silly mistake.<\/p>\n<p>Wesley Fofana is not very popular at Chelsea right now, and his representatives have been offering him to big clubs around Europe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CHELSEA NEWS APP FOR ALL THE LATEST UPDATES \u2013 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! 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