Gary Lineker was left stunned by Bayern Munich’s Alphonso Davies after watching his latest performance at the weekend.
It was another reminder of why Chelsea are rumoured to be interested in the highly-rated defender.
Bayern romped to a 3-0 home win versus Stuttgart in the Bundesliga. Incidentally, England captain Harry Kane scored two more goals to continue his dominant streak in Germany.
Thomas Tuchel’s Bayern line-up is filled with top-class players, including Alphonso Davies.
The 23-year-old’s an attack-minded left-back and one of the very fastest players in Europe.
Gary Lineker praise
Gary Lineker raved about the special talent of Bayern’s Davies after seeing him on Sunday.
“I watched the Bayern Munich game last night and Alphonso Davies was a bit sharp. Cor blimey he was good,” Lineker told The Rest Is Football.
“For those of you who don’t know him, he was a young player, was actually a refugee had to flee and ended up in Canada and broke through there and then was signed by Bayern Munich.
“He’s such a good player, incredibly quick, so good. Such a good full-back. We like him.”
Chelsea target Alphonso Davies
Journalist Simon Phillips reported via Substack last month that Chelsea are keeping their eye on Bayern’s Davies as a potential target for next summer.
Meanwhile, Sport Bild recently reported that Spanish giants Real Madrid are interested in Davies as well and could be prepared to pay up to €50million (£43million) for him.
For Chelsea, the left-back position is one that you could argue needs strengthening in 2024.
Ben Chilwell is the outstanding left-back at Stamford Bridge, but he’s had numerous injury interruptions in the last couple of years. Meanwhile, Marc Cucurella still has plenty of doubters after a very challenging first year last season.
Our feeling is that Davies would walk into the Chelsea XI and make the full-back position his own, but we’ll wait for some more concrete reports before getting too excited.
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