Chelsea have been told that selling Armando Broja would represent a ‘massive mistake’.
Speculation is mounting that in addition to interest from the Premier League, AC Milan have joined the race to sign the 21-year-old [Calciomercato].
Broja established himself as a proven Premier League player during a loan from Chelsea at Southampton last season.
However, he has only managed 69 minutes of top-flight football with the Blues this season and it remains to be seen if Graham Potter rates him any higher than predecessor, Thomas Tuchel.
The German manager ultimately elected to keep the England-born Albanian hitman at Stamford Bridge beyond this past summer.
And former Liverpool left-back Jose Enrique is convinced that Chelsea have a gem, claiming on Twitter that it’d be a major error if the Londoners were to offload him.
Enrique is probably right, to be honest.
Yes, Chelsea signed Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, but this is a 33-year-old striker who scored only 14 Premier League goals during his final 18 months as an Arsenal player.
In other words, there’s no long-term value in the Gabon international who is already a declining force in English football.
But at 21, Broja has a very bright future and having lit up the Premier League with the Saints last season, this is a player who a man-manager like Potter can make even better.
Of course, the former Brighton boss isn’t a miracle worker, but he does invariably get the very best out of players and there’s a lot of potential in Broja.
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