Ex-Aston Villa striker Gabriel Agbonlahor has made a big claim that a lot of Chelsea supporters will agree with.
Chelsea have made some expensive signings during this transfer window but so have their Premier League rivals Liverpool.
The Reds actually broke the British transfer record by spending £116m on Florian Wirtz. Manchester City were also interested in Wirtz, but the Citizens eventually cooled their interest in the German.
If one former Chelsea star was still playing today, Agbonlahor thinks he would go for an even bigger fee.
Photo by Boris Streubel/Getty ImagesGabriel Agbonlahor claims former Chelsea star would be worth £160m in today’s market
Chelsea only had to pay £32m when they signed Eden Hazard from Lille back in 2012.
However, in the current market, Agbonlahor believes the Chelsea legend would be worth £160m or possibly even more.
When asked on talkSPORT how much a 25-year-old Hazard would cost today, the retired England international said: “25 years of age, I’m talking… it’s got to be 150 [million] minimum. Or maybe you’re talking 175, 180, especially when Neymar went to PSG for what, 190, was it? I’m going to say 160.”
Wirtz is not the only £100m player in the Premier League. Chelsea spent roughly that on both Moises Caicedo and Enzo Fernandez, while Arsenal did the same to land Declan Rice in 2023.
Caicedo and Fernandez were two of Chelsea’s best players last season, so the club will feel that it was money well spent.
Former Hoffenheim and Stuttgart manager Pellegrino Matarazzo has tipped Caicedo to become the best No.6 in the world one day after watching him at the Club World Cup.
Photo by Craig Mercer – CameraSport via Getty ImagesMoises Caicedo and Enzo Fernandez prove Eden Hazard would be a £160m player today
For as good as Caicedo and Fernandez have been for Chelsea, they are still just midfielders.
Hazard was an attacker who was capable of winning games for the Blues on his own. If Caicedo and Fernandez cost more than £100m each, there is no doubt that Hazard in his prime would go for more, perhaps in the region of £160m.
With Wirtz the latest £100m signing in England, spending that figure on the very best talent is going to become the norm. It will now be interesting to see who is next.