{"id":8070,"date":"2026-05-13T23:06:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T23:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=8070"},"modified":"2026-05-13T23:06:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T23:06:30","slug":"chelsea-urged-to-sell-40m-star-in-summer-transfer-window-infuriating-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=8070","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea urged to sell \u00a340m star in summer transfer window: &#8216;Infuriating&#8217; | Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"646\" height=\"448\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2236799344.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28148491\" alt=\"Chelsea FC v Leicester City - Barclays Women's Super League\" decoding=\"sync\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Chelsea are preparing for another summer of upheaval (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Former Chelsea defender Jason Cundy has urged the Blues to cut their losses and sell Alejandro Garnacho after his poor first season at the club.<\/p>\n<p>Garnacho arrived at Chelsea last summer for \u00a340million after falling out of favour at Manchester United under Ruben Amorim.<\/p>\n<p>The Argentine had impressed in flashes for the Red Devils but has endured a disappointing first season at Chelsea, scoring just one solitary goal in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>Garnacho has started just five league games since the turn of the year, and while under contract until 2031, reports suggest Chelsea are \u2018open to offers\u2019 for the 21-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>And Cundy believes Chelsea would be wise to cash in on Garnacho as they look to raise funds for new signings over the summer window.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018You were buying someone who had a reputation both good and bad, depending on who you want to listen to, but also knew the Premier League,\u2019 he told talkSPORT.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018He infuriates me at times, how his first touch is always backwards or sideways. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"594\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2272121652_f532f9.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=594\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28090155\" alt=\"Chelsea v Manchester United - Premier League\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Alejandro Garnacho has scored just one league goal for Chelsea this season (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019d like to see him be a little bit more courageous. We saw Jesse (Derry) make his first start, and I loved the way he took (on) the centre-half, the full-back, until he got the head injury.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I want to see Garnacho do that, because he\u2019s a bit predictable at times. So yeah, I think I\u2019d probably sell.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Cundy also urged Chelsea to consider selling fellow winger Jamie Gittens, who has seen his maiden season at Stamford Bridge blighted by injury and a lack of minutes.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"594\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2259632508.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=594\" class=\"article-image wp-image-27860560\" alt=\"Chelsea v West Ham United - Premier League\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Jamie Gittens joined from Borussia Dortmund last summer (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Englishman joined from Borussia Dortmund last summer, but has recorded just two assists in the league and has not featured since picking up an injury in late January.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I don\u2019t know how many games he\u2019s played but if he\u2019s got to double figures, I can\u2019t remember them,\u2019 Cunday added. \u2018I remember the goal in the League Cup away at Wolves.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I have sympathy, he\u2019s had his own injury problems. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018But I think those wide areas do need some attention, and he\u2019d be one that I would make way for that.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea are back in action on the weekend as they take on Manchester City in the FA Cup final, knowing victory could provide them with a valuable route into European football for next season.<\/p>\n<p>Callum McFarlane\u2019s side currently sit ninth in the league, four points behind Brighton in seventh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>For more stories like this,\u00a0check our sport page<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Follow Metro Sport for the latest news on <meta charset=\"utf-8\"\/><br \/>\n<strong>Facebook, <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Metro_Sport\">Twitter<\/a> and\u00a0Instagram<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Man Utd and Chelsea add record-breaking Spain international to summer transfer shortlists<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Daniel Levy speaks out on Spurs relegation battle with West Ham<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Danny Murphy predicts Arsenal vs PSG and names ideal Ben White replacement<\/span><\/p>\n<section id=\"share-buttons-bottom\" class=\"share-buttons share-buttons-bottom\">\n\t\t\t<span><svg><title>Comment now<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#social-comment\" href=\"#social-comment\"\/><\/svg><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"share-bar-comments__label\">Comments<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span><svg><title>Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#social-preferred-source\" href=\"#social-preferred-source\"\/><\/svg><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"share-bar-preferred-source__label\">Add as preferred source<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea are preparing for another summer of upheaval (Picture: Getty) Former Chelsea defender Jason Cundy&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8071,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8070","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\/8070","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=8070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8070\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}