3 Reasons why Ben Chilwell won’t be sold to Manchester City by Leicester City
Plastered all over Friday’s morning papers are reports of Manchester City’s proposed £50 million bid being readied to snatch away Leicester City’s Ben Chilwell in January. Here is why he won’t be sold:
Admittedly this article is conjecture, yet it contains informed speculations. Friday morning saw Leicester City Player of the Season elect Ben Chilwell given the transfer rumour treatment by all the leading football media outlets.
England’s left-back has had a phenomenal start to the campaign: making Christian Fuch’s position his own and becoming a Three Lions favourite for Gareth Southgate. It was inevitable there would be supposition about his Foxes status – as other stars like Harry Maguire are subjected to – however, Foxes of Leicester aim to refute his pending sale.
And that continuation together for club and academy graduate goes for this January 2019, summer and the January transfer window in 2020. This is why:
Chilwell has just signed a new six year contract at Leicester City
Yep, that’s right – Chilwell committed to Leicester City until 2024. It was only in October that he penned his new £110,000-per-week contract. Albeit we all know that means nothing much in the sense of the realm of possibility. Meaning, if an astronomical bid is received then all bets are off. Like Riyad Mahrez before him, we saw a player able to force a move.
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Rumours in football are like wildfire, this particular one began with the Mirror and was quickly picked up by BBC Sport. It is especially rampant as the England international missed training on Thursday at Leicester City’s Belvoir Drive complex.
Not to mention, fuelled by the Citizens’ starting player in the position, Benjamin Mendy, undergoing constant recovery for multiple problems. And the France defender invited criticism and contempt from his manager, Pep Guardiola, for being late to treatment and training this season. Do the champions even need ‘Chilly’ with Fabian Delph and Oleksandr Zinchenko being exceptionally capable understudies in that area.