Chelsea are showing interest in highly versatile Turkish superstar. The player is young and has already played on the English soil. He has good relationship with the Blues boss Enzo Maresca.
The Blues have a great squad depth and are very well sorted in attacking unit. However, they are still keen to add more stars in order to maintain the depth as some of the current stars are linked with away moves.
Chelsea prefer to sign young players who are less known. They tend to sign them at lower price and develop them into world class stars. They are now showing interest in player with similar profile.
Chelsea interested to sign Turkish superstar
According to Le Courrier Europeen, the Blues are showing interst in Yunus Akgun. Akgun is 24 years old and plays for Turkish club Galatasaray.
Akgun is very highly versatile on the pitch. He mainly plays as left winger but is equally effective on the opposite wing. In addition, he can play in midfield too as an attacking midfielder, left midfielder and central midfielder. Lastly, the 24 year old can also feature as left wing back making him a key asset to any team.
Akgun has came up through the Galatasary academy but has enjoyed some loan spells away from Turkey. Last season, he was on loan at Leicester City where he helped them to gain back promotion to Premier League. He played under Enzo Maresca which can make Chelsea’s route to land Akgun easy due to the relationship.
Akgun has been superb this season. He has played 23 games for club in Turkish league and Europa League. He has topped it with 11 goals and 5 assists. Lastly, he has so far played 14 games for the Turkey international team. He has 2 goals and 1 assist in those 14 games for his country.
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