Todd Boehly has made one thing clear since he has become owner of Chelsea – he wants to invest in young stars.
This is not just to keep fans happy about having a bright looking future. One of the reported reasons Thomas Tuchel lost his job as Chelsea manager was his reluctance to feature young players, notably summer signing Carney Chukwuemeka.
The Blues have been widely linked with the big-money signing of teenager Endrick, who is being tipped as the next big thing coming out of Brazil.
With Real Madrid looking favourites to complete this deal, it could ironically turn Chelsea’s attention to an even better option.
Youssoufa Moukoko has attracted a lot of attention throughout his youth career at Borussia Dortmund, and this has continued as he has transitioned into senior football.
Moukoko the perfect Boehly signing
The latest achievement in his extremely young career has been making the Germany squad for the World Cup in Qatar.
Despite the 2014 champions suffering another underwhelming group stage exit, making an appearance for a huge national team at a World Cup is some achievement.
Boehly has already invested heavily in the youth prospects at Stamford Bridge. As well as Chukwuemeka, Gabriel Slonina and Cesare Casadei have been added to the club’s ranks with the aim to integrate them into the first team in the coming seasons.
A striker described as ‘amazing’ by Erling Haaland is certainly one the Blues should be interested in, and his contract situation with Dortmund is one that should attract them into doing a deal.
His current deal is set to expire next summer, and the 18-year-old easily already has the ability to make the step-up from the Bundesliga side Haaland did this year, and Jude Bellingham is likely to follow suit with in the coming months.
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