{"id":4797,"date":"2018-07-25T19:37:11","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T18:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matchplug.com\/blog\/?p=4797"},"modified":"2025-03-25T05:52:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T04:52:44","slug":"chelsea-striker-linked-with-a-move-to-valencia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/chelsea-striker-linked-with-a-move-to-valencia\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea striker linked with a move to Valencia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea attacker Michy Batshuayi could be set to make yet another loan move out of Stamford Bridge this summer, with La Liga side, Valencia interested.<\/p>\n<p>The Belgian has failed to impress since he joined the Blues from Olympique Marseille in the summer of 2016.<\/p>\n<p> He was shipped out on loan in the second half of last season and scored 7 goals in 10 league games for Borussia Dortmund.<\/p>\n<p>The Germans were impressed and wanted to take him on a permanent basis this summer, but Chelsea wanted Maurizio Sarri to have a look at him first.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Italian is currently intensifying efforts to be reunited with Gonzalo Higuain and that would surely push Batshuayi further down the pecking order.<\/p>\n<p> He is already behind the likes of Alvaro Morata and Olivier Giroud.<\/p>\n<p>Reports in Spain claim that the attacker has now been linked with a move to Valencia on a season-long loan deal. The Spaniards are said to have made their offer known to the Blues and they are now waiting to see if the Blues would want to add an obligation to buy at the end of the short-term deal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea attacker Michy Batshuayi could be set to make yet another loan move out of Stamford Bridge this summer, with La Liga side, Valencia interested. The Belgian has failed to impress since he joined the Blues from Olympique Marseille in the summer of 2016. He was shipped out on loan in the second half of last season and scored 7 goals in 10 league games for Borussia Dortmund. The Germans were impressed and wanted to take him on a permanent basis this summer, but Chelsea wanted Maurizio Sarri to have a look at him first. However, the Italian is currently intensifying efforts to be reunited with Gonzalo Higuain and that would surely push Batshuayi further down the pecking order. He is already behind the likes of Alvaro Morata and Olivier Giroud. Reports in Spain claim that the attacker has now been linked with a move to Valencia on a season-long loan deal. The Spaniards are said to have made their offer known to the Blues and they are now waiting to see if the Blues would want to add an obligation to buy at the end of the short-term deal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1719,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","category-transfer-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Chelsea striker linked with a move to Valencia - Matchplug Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/chelsea-striker-linked-with-a-move-to-valencia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chelsea striker linked with a move to Valencia - Matchplug Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Chelsea attacker Michy Batshuayi could be set to make yet another loan move out of Stamford Bridge this summer, with La Liga side, Valencia interested. 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