Chelsea have added an array of talent to their first team squad in the past few seasons, however they had the chance to sign one top player for just £2m.
The Blues have put a focus on bringing in attacking stars to help take the workload off of Cole Palmer, and it looks as if they have achieved this with the signing of Estevao Willian.
The Brazilian has looked the part in the Premier League despite being just 18 years of age, and opened his account for the club in thrilling fashion against Liverpool.
When looking at other top attackers so far in the Premier League, one of the surprise names to many has been Antoine Semenyo. He has joined an electric start to the campaign at Bournemouth.
Chelsea missed out on signing Antoine Semenyo by £1m
The winger has six goals and three assists so far this season in just seven games, with only Erling Haaland finding the net more than him so far.
There are no doubt Chelsea fans who would love to add Semenyo to their squad right now, however the painful fact is they had a brilliant chance to do so before he even became a Premier League player.
The Mail Online reported back in 2019 that Chelsea made an offer of £1m to sign him from Bristol City, when he was just 19 years of age. However, the EFL club were holding out for £2m, an offer which never arrived.
While the Blues have missed out on his talents, they have also recently felt his wrath at Stamford Bridge too.
Semenyo ready to haunt Chelsea again
The Blues saved a point at Stamford Bridge against Bournemouth back in January thanks to Reece James‘ free-kick, however were staring at defeat thanks to Semenyo’s brilliance.
The Ghana international fired home an unstoppable strike past Robert Sanchez, one of his 11 goals in the prior campaign.
He will next line up against Chelsea on December 6 when Bournemouth host the Blues, in a fixture that they somehow came out successful in last year.
Sanchez’s brilliant penalty save helped keep them in it, before Christopher Nkunku struck late to give Enzo Maresca a precious three points.
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