Chelsea activate the renewal of Maatsen to keep him away from Barça

The FC Barcelona is reviewing which are his possibilities to reinforce the left side. In the market of wintry signings the club has the obligation to inscribe to Vitor Roque, but in the summer yes that will try to achieve the incorporation of a player that can serve of 'competition' for Alejandro Balde, especially because the most likely is that they do not renew the agreement of Marcos Alonso and leave like free agent in June.

In the last days have appeared several names on the table, like the option that Álex Fence in, yielded in the Raise, can settle in the first team. However, already we inform the past weekend that Deco had in his roadstead to Ian Maatsen, player of Chelsea that has agreement until 30 June and that had not renewed, but the situation has changed quickly.

Chelsea has acted fast

Like this they inform it from the own England, aiming that the team londinense has activated silently an option to extend the agreement of the defender by a year more in the middle of the interest of the Barça. Like this it informs it 'The Standard', aiming that afterwards that the situation with the agreement of the player of 21 years was attracting beaux, Chelsea has reinforced his position extending his agreement until 2025 of unilateral way.

Of this way disappears the option of the Barça of fichar to Maatsen in a free transfer, being able to begin to negotiate the agreement from January. Now the culés would have to pay the following summer, standing out besides that the Dutch has an important list of interested, including West Ham and Burnley, this last even offering a cession with obligation of purchase the past market.

The strategy of Chelsea seems to leave 'out' to the Barça

The defender, that this season only has contested 81 minutes in spite of being a player that goes usually to the announcements, had refused two offers of renewal of Chelsea since it does not see future in the club londinense and was conscious that this decision to renew him has done to be able to sell him this next summer to the best bidder, something that the culés do not have too much intention to do when having already a headline in the left side.