Despite reports from Brazil today saying that Chelsea should loan out Andrey Santos, who’s still to be granted a work permit to play in the Premier League, we now get to see conflicting claims about that.
Even though journalist Lucas Pedrosa confirms that the player still doesn’t have the necessary points to receive the visa, he claims there’s actually a 99% chance that will happen.
The reason for it is that Andrey Santos has been doing very well at the U20 South American Championship. The midfielder, who captains Brazil, has five goals in six games, and Chelsea can use that as an argument to register him as a special talent.
Pedrosa says that only Palmeiras and Flamengo would have the conditions to sign Andrey, and the former have already shown an interest, leading the race for now. The youngster would also not like to play for another club in Rio de Janeiro, and that ends Flamengo’s chances.
However, the possibility of this loan is said to be ‘practically null’, as Chelsea are expected to get his work permit.
