Report: Chelsea send scouts to Portugal to watch 23-year-old target

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Chelsea have been scouting Porto goalkeeper Diogo Costa as they plan to address their goalkeeping situation in the summer, according to 90min.

The Blues currently have three goalkeeper options in their senior squad; Kepa Arrizabalaga, Edouard Mendy, and Marcus Bettinelli.

Bettinelli, in particular, will likely leave the club as his contract expires at the end of this season.

There are also questions about Arrizabalaga and Mendy’s future at the club whose contracts both expire in 2025.

Arrizabalaga has recently reclaimed the starting goalkeeper spot under Graham Potter after playing second fiddle to Mendy for the last two seasons.

Interestingly, despite Arrizabalaga’s impressive form, the Evening Standard recently claimed Chelsea are still looking to bring in a new No1 this summer.

According to 90min, Porto’s Costa, who is reportedly valued at £65million, is a potential target for the Blues.

Chelsea scouts have reportedly been in the stands to watch the Portugal international in recent weeks.

If the report is true, then these Chelsea representatives must have liked what they saw since Costa has only conceded two goals in six games since returning from the World Cup.

This is impressive considering he had a difficult World Cup in which he made an error described as “terrible goalkeeping” by Paul Merson during the quarter-final defeat to Morocco.

The 23-year-old has kept 10 clean sheets in Liga Portugal, the joint-second highest in the competition this season.

However, Chelsea are not the only Premier League club interested in the Porto star, as Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur have been scouting him.

Aside from Costa, 90min mentions that Chelsea have also been compiling reports on potential targets from the Premier League, such as Brentford’s David Raya, Brighton’s Robert Sanchez and Everton’s Jordan Pickford.

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