With Chelsea this week announcing that Andrey Santos is getting the number 20 in their squad, it became clear that they have some plans for him this season.
As the Brazilian media react to the news, Globo Esporte features a few details of how things have been going for the midfielder in London.
It’s claimed that Andrey Santos had approaches from Porto and Benfica, as well as a loan offer from Barcelona.
Chelsea, however, turned all of them down, as Mauricio Pochettino plans to use the player in the first team squad.
It’s said that even though the Blues are looking to reduce the number of players in the squad by agreeing sales and loans, the player isn’t in that list.
That’s a different situation than Angelo, who also arrived from Brazil this summer, but is initially getting sent to Strasbourg on a year-long spell.
Chelsea spent €12.5m to sign Andrey Santos from Vasco da Gama in January. Due to the difficulty for a work permit, he stayed loaned there until this summer, and now finally has the chance to play for the Blues.
