{"id":40089,"date":"2025-04-22T04:09:15","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T04:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/40089\/"},"modified":"2025-04-22T04:09:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T04:09:15","slug":"chelsea-can-fix-major-squad-issue-for-nothing-as-high-level-germany-star-confirms-hes-leaving-club-on-free-transfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/40089\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea can fix major squad issue for nothing as ‘high-level’ Germany star confirms he’s leaving club on free transfer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Chelsea have a golden opportunity to solve one of the biggest issues in Enzo Maresca\u2019s squad.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Blues\u2019 current team lacks experience and leadership, something that Maresca<\/a> himself recently alluded to when speaking about captain Reece James.<\/p>\n

Chelsea could sign someone like Marc Guehi<\/a> in the summer to help address the above. The central defender has worn the armband for Crystal Palace this season and has played over 200 senior games.<\/p>\n

However, Chelsea<\/a> now actually have the chance to bring in someone with even more experience than Guehi and for nothing.<\/p>\n

\"PhotoPhoto by UWE KRAFT\/AFP via Getty ImagesJonathan Tah set to leave Bayer Leverkusen on free transfer<\/p>\n

Chelsea have been linked with Jonathan Tah<\/a> in the past and will have the opportunity to finally land him this summer.<\/p>\n

The Bayer Leverkusen star\u2019s contract expires at the end of the season and he has just confirmed that he will not be renewing it.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Kicker<\/a>, Tah<\/a> said: \u201cEverything was said from the start. There was a point in time when I made the decision not to extend my contract and not to stay here. It remains that way now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tah is a 29-year-old Germany international who played a pivotal role in Leverkusen\u2019s title triumph last term.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is playing at this high, high level,\u201d Xabi Alonso told reporters when discussing Tah\u2019s form in the previous campaign.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Simply put, Tah has a plethora of experience and is a terrific centre-half. He is exactly what is needed at Stamford Bridge<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Unsurprisingly, though, Chelsea could have to go toe-to-toe with some top European clubs if they do decide to make a move for the German in the summer transfer window.<\/p>\n

\"PhotoPhoto by ANP via Getty ImagesChelsea\u2019s potential competitors for Jonathan Tah\u2019s signature<\/p>\n

Chelsea will have some convincing to do in any potential battle for Tah as Barcelona and others circle.<\/p>\n

According to CaughtOffside<\/a>, the La Liga leaders are winning the race for the former Hamburger player\u2019s signature.<\/p>\n

The same outlet claims that Liverpool, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur are also interested in Tah.<\/p>\n

To watch him join one of those clubs would be extremely disappointing from a Chelsea point of view, with Maresca in desperate need of a centre-half like him.<\/p>\n

From Tah\u2019s perspective, though, a move to Barcelona will probably be too hard to turn down.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chelsea have a golden opportunity to solve one of the biggest issues in Enzo Maresca\u2019s squad. The Blues\u2019…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40090,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5310],"tags":[2000,299,1824,22818],"class_list":{"0":"post-40089","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-germany","11":"tag-jonathan-tah"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114379657283678560","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}