£12m Chelsea star agrees to transfer after just one Premier League start
Enzo Maresca gave this Chelsea player just one Premier League start. Now he wants to leave (Photo: Getty)
A Chelsea star reportedly wants to leave the club after just one year and one Premier League start at Stamford Bridge.
After spending over £210million on seven new signings, Chelsea’s priority for the rest of the summer transfer window is to offload their large number of unwanted players.
The list mainly includes members of last summer’s ‘bomb-squad’ who failed to secure permanent exits like Raheem Sterling and Ben Chilwell.
But the Blues are also not afraid to sell off players who haven’t been at the club long like Noni Madueke and Djordje Petrovic.
And it seems like another young star will cut short his career in west London, with reports claiming that Renato Veiga has said yes to a transfer to Atletico Madrid.
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The Standard say the two clubs are in talks over a deal for the Portugal international whom Chelsea value at upwards of £35m, while there is also interest from Juventus and Bayern Munich.
Chelsea bought Veiga from Basel in June last year for £12m, with the highly-rated 21-year-old signing a contract until 2031.
Chelsea signed Renato Veiga for £12m (Photo: Getty)
Capable of playing left-back, centre-back and defensive midfield, he made 18 appearances under Enzo Maresca, most of which in the Conference League and the domestic cups.
Just one of his seven Premier League appearances game from the start, in the 1-0 away win at Bournemouth in September.
Due to the lack of minutes, Veiga was loaned out to Juventus in January and instantly became a first-team regular for the Serie A giants, before ending the season as a Nations League winner with Portugal.
Veiga won the Nations League with Portugal last season alongside Chelsea teammates Pedro Neto and Joao Felix (Photo: Getty)
Despite his impressive potential, Chelsea decided to part ways with the youngster, leaving him out of their Club World Cup squad.
Atletico are keen on signing him after ending their pursuit of Tottenham’s World Cup winning centre-back Cristian Romero.
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