Chelsea fans are vehemently against reports linking them with Ligue 1 striker Habib Diallo.
According to TEAMtalk, the west London club want to rival Premier League sides Tottenham Hotspur and Leicester City for the forward, who has scored eight goals in 13 French top-flight appearances.
It would seem the Blues aren’t in desperate need of a forward after the starts Tammy Abraham and Michy Batshuayi have enjoyed. The England international is second in the Premier League goalscoring charts with 10 goals, while Batshuayi has scored seven goals in just 343 minutes across the first-team and under-23s.
However, any move for Diallo may have to be in next summer’s transfer window, with Chelsea in the midst of a two-window transfer ban which ends after January.
Fans were refusing to accept the transfer story as they took to Twitter to react, with one pointing out the disastrous signing that was Tiémoué Bakayoko, who of course also came from Ligue 1.
Here is a selection of tweets from the west London faithful:
It won’t happen, bookmark this tweet
— JN SHINE™ (@IamJnShine) November 12, 2019
No. Uber eats league no. Haven’t we learned from Pepe and Bakayoko
— John Calum (@JCalum) November 12, 2019
This silly signing ain’t happening
— Khalid (@senor__Khalid) November 12, 2019
@tammyabraham 22 is having 10 goals in 12 matches in the @PremierLeague why do @ChelseaFC spend for Diallo!?Even @mbatshuayi is there and already proven.
— Ivan Frank Waiswa (@IvanWaiswa10) November 12, 2019
Terrific form of 8goals in 13 appearance. But have Abraham with 10goals in 12appearance, what’s the need?
— Mclintech Nig Ltd (@mitchell3990) November 12, 2019
Sounds like a useless signing. Why not spend on Timo Werner or Halaand?
— JAPHETH OGILA (@JapthethOgila) November 12, 2019
Chelsea fans, do you need to sign another striker with Abraham and Batshuayi in good form? Let us know your thoughts!
