Reports have asserted that Manchester City is unsettled that Chelsea is set to employ Southampton’s head of recruitment Joe Safeguards.
According to 90min, Safeguards has previously agreed to take the action to Stamford Extension, only three months after joining the Saints.
The 35-year-old went to St. Mary’s following an effective spell with City and was speedy to utilize his connections to strengthen Ralph Hasenhuttl’s side.
He was key in the Saints bringing Romeo Lavia to the club, with him impressing enormously in his short spell up to this point.
He had a comparable effect on Chelsea’s owners when they visited the South Coast in a losing exertion recently.
Chelsea angering Manchester City
With the transfer window open, Todd Boehly launched a late move to sign the midfielder, regardless of his only moving clubs in a similar window.
Reports guaranteed the American was prepared to pay around £50m for the transfer, however, it was dismissed and they had to search somewhere else for a late addition in the center of the recreation area.
While Lavia wasn’t accessible then, the transfer could be on shortly assuming that Safeguards is recruited.
90min have asserted this imminent appointment has left the Premier Association champions angry, protected in the knowledge that the recruitment expert knows about how things work at the Etihad.
Blues fans meanwhile will simply be thankful that Boehly is beginning to enlist experts in the game after he took up several jobs last season following the old system left.
The club is likewise going to employ a technical chief. Christopher Vivell has been promoted as the number one objective, particularly after he passed on RB Leipzig because of a difference of opinion with the Bundesliga club.
