{"id":49002,"date":"2025-04-25T09:22:19","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T09:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/49002\/"},"modified":"2025-04-25T09:22:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T09:22:19","slug":"chelsea-signing-dario-essugo-top-of-two-eye-catching-statistics-in-latest-las-palmas-display","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/49002\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea signing Dario Essugo top of two eye-catching statistics in latest Las Palmas display"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The excitement within the Chelsea fanbase may be growing around the level of footballer they\u2019ve signed in Dario Essugo.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dario Essugo<\/a>, 20, is an exciting defensive midfielder owned by Sporting Lisbon. However, he\u2019s enjoying a superb season-long loan spell at Las Palmas in the Spanish La Liga.<\/p>\n

In March 2025, Sporting confirmed that they\u2019ve agreed to sell both Essugo and Geovany Quenda to Chelsea<\/a>. 17-year-old winger Quenda will make his move to Stamford Bridge in 2026, while Essugo is set to arrive in England this summer.<\/p>\n

Since the announcement, Blues fans will have been keeping a special eye out for Essugo\u2019s performances for Las Palmas.<\/p>\n

Chelsea\u2019s plan with Dario Essugo<\/a> is to immediately bring him into their first-team squad for next season. In fairness, he\u2019s certainly holding his own in the Spanish\u2019s top division right now.<\/p>\n

\"PhotoPhoto by ANDER GILLENEA\/AFP via Getty ImagesDario Essugo impresses again for Las Palmas<\/p>\n

On Wednesday night, Las Palmas suffered a narrow 1-0 defeat away to Athletic Bilbao in La Liga. Incidentally, it\u2019s a result that means they currently sit in 18th spot in the league table in the relegation zone, but they\u2019re only two points away from safety.<\/p>\n

Future Chelsea man Essugo completed 90 minutes for Las Palmas in a defensive midfield position.<\/p>\n

Even though Essugo was on the losing team, he recorded some impressive individual statistics. In particular, it\u2019s quite eye-catching that he made the most tackles and most interceptions of any player on the pitch during the contest.<\/p>\n\nMinutes played<\/td>\nTotal shots<\/td>\nAccurate passes<\/td>\nTackles won<\/strong><\/td>\nInterceptions<\/strong><\/td>\nDefensive actions<\/td>\nDuels won<\/td>\nDuels lost<\/td>\nMatch rating<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n90<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n32\/39 (82%)<\/td>\n4<\/strong><\/td>\n5<\/strong><\/td>\n13<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n7.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Dario Essugo\u2019s statistics in Athletic Bilbao 1-0 Las Palmas via FOTMOB<\/a><\/p>\n

Chelsea thinks Dario Essugo has similar qualities to Moises Caicedo<\/a> when it comes to being a ball-winning midfielder. He certainly plays with an aggression and intensity without the ball that could make him quite a big favourite with the Blues supporters when he arrives in West London next season.<\/p>\n

The addition of the Portuguese youngster means that Chelsea\u2019s midfield depth next year<\/a> is shaping up to be quite formidable.<\/p>\n

\"PhotoPhoto by ANDER GILLENEA\/AFP via Getty ImagesLesley Ugochukwu and Dario Essugo can\u2019t fit in same Chelsea squad<\/p>\n

In reality, we don\u2019t see how Essugo and Lesley Ugochukwu can fit into the same Chelsea squad next season. Therefore, we\u2019d guess that one of them will need to be loaned out.<\/p>\n

Ugochukwu, 21, could have been an option for the Blues this term. Instead, the young defensive midfielder was sent on a season-long loan to Southampton, where he\u2019s been part of a group relegated from the Premier League.<\/p>\n\nAppearances<\/td>\nStarts<\/td>\nGoals<\/td>\nAssists<\/td>\nPassing accuracy<\/td>\nTackles won<\/td>\nDuels won<\/td>\nAverage match rating<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n22<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n85.2%<\/td>\n22<\/td>\n93<\/td>\n6.61<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Lesley Ugochukwu for Southampton in the 2024\/25 season via FOTMOB<\/a><\/p>\n

It will be a boost for Chelsea to bring in an extra option in defensive midfield to cover and compete with Romeo Lavia and Moises Caicedo. Our early prediction is that Essugo and Ugochukwu will fight it out in pre-season for a spot in next season\u2019s Blues squad.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The excitement within the Chelsea fanbase may be growing around the level of footballer they\u2019ve signed in Dario…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49003,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[26554,94,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-49002","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-dario-essugo","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114397874941403995","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49002","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=49002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49002\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}