Reports have claimed that Hakim Ziyech is set to be one of the first players to leave Chelsea this summer.
According to The Mirror, the Morocco international was left frustrated after his loan move away in January fell through.
Deadline day was supposed to end with Ziyech sealing his temporary move to PSG, and getting away to what was a sinking ship as far as Chelsea’s season was concerned.
However, things didn’t go through, for the 29-year-old, and he was left desperately searching for answers as the window slammed shut.
It seems as if the attention of the higher ups was far more on securing the club-record deal for Enzo Fernandez, after a month of fierce negotiations.
Ziyech set to leave
This saw an unhappy Ziyech return to the club where he had struggled to establish himself as a starter at all since his £33m move.
If there is someone he has impressed however, it is Frank Lampard, who put in a lot of the work to sign the winger back in 2020.
He was in charge of the Blues again for the end of this season that has just finished, after the ownership made the decision to sack Graham Potter as manager.
Lampard brought the Moroccan back into the side at times during his few games back at the club, which at the time seemed strange based on the fact that he was always likely to be leaving at the end of the campaign.
It is so far unclear what new manager Mauricio Pochettino thinks of the forward, although all the signs so far point to the desire for him to be gone before pre-season begins.
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