{"id":5516,"date":"2026-05-07T18:11:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T18:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=5516"},"modified":"2026-05-07T18:11:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T18:11:46","slug":"chelsea-face-dilemma-over-wonderkid-with-3-starts-since-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=5516","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea face dilemma over wonderkid with 3 starts since January"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Kendry Paez was once considered one of the most exciting talents coming to Chelsea. His future is now in doubt. <\/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>It\u2019s easy to forget that Kendry Paez was for a while the young player Chelsea fans were most excited about signing. It\u2019s not gone to plan since, and after a failed sojourn in Europe he\u2019s returned to South America, where he\u2019s playing with River Plate.<\/p>\n<p>Even there, things aren\u2019t going well. He\u2019s started just three games since January. He\u2019s been involved in 10 games out of a potential 18. That\u2019s just not enough game time to help him develop, so what do the Blues too?<\/p>\n<h2>Chelsea face Paez dilemma this summer<\/h2>\n<p>They could recall him and send him elsewhere \u2013 they have a clause which would allow them to do that. But dropping him to a level below River Plate arguably doesn\u2019t do much to develop him either. It might be better to leave him there, at a club famed for getting the best out of youngsters, and hope that he gradually earns first team minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Given how poor the sporting structure\u2019s loan decisions have been in the last few years, we trust them to make the wrong decision.<\/p>\n<h2>In other news\u2026<\/h2>\n<p>Enzo Fernandez is the most obvious candidate for Chelsea to sell this summer, according to a new report about their plans.<\/p>\n<p>Wesley Fofana is starting to be linked with moves away from Chelsea, but his wages make it very hard for that to happen anytime soon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CHELSEA NEWS APP FOR ALL THE LATEST UPDATES \u2013 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON THE APP STORE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Check out the latest edition of Simon Phillips\u2019 SPTC podcast here:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SPTC Podcast: Chelsea Reporter Lloyd Canfield joins the show!\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7UP6ox8d4pk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<section class=\"more-stories std-mgn-b\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<header class=\"col-s-12 std-mgn-t\">More Stories about <span class=\"topic\">Wise Paez<\/span><\/header>\n<div class=\"post-container col-s-4\">\n<p>\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"img-cntr\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" 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