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title: "Chelsea: Fans reject links with Metz striker Habib Diallo"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/chelsea-fans-reject-links-with-metz-striker-habib-diallo/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Uways Nisar"
section: "Chelsea Football Club"
published: "2019-11-12T20:20:49Z"
modified: "2019-11-12T20:20:49Z"
---

# Chelsea: Fans reject links with Metz striker Habib Diallo

**Chelsea fans are vehemently against reports linking them with Ligue 1 striker Habib Diallo.**

According to [TEAMtalk](https://www.teamtalk.com/news/exclusive-chelsea-tottenham-join-hunt-for-prolific-metz-striker), the west London club want to rival Premier League sides Tottenham Hotspur and Leicester City for the forward, who has scored [eight](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/296372/Show/Habib-Diallo) 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](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/tammy-abraham/leistungsdaten/spieler/331726), while Batshuayi has [scored seven goals in just 343 minutes](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/michy-batshuayi/leistungsdaten/spieler/179184) 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](https://twitter.com/IamJnShine/status/1194171803276599296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> No. Uber eats league no. Haven’t we learned from Pepe and Bakayoko
>
> — John Calum (@JCalum) [November 12, 2019](https://twitter.com/JCalum/status/1194174449182027776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> This silly signing ain’t happening
>
> — Khalid (@senor\_\_Khalid) [November 12, 2019](https://twitter.com/senor__Khalid/status/1194171911347023873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> [@tammyabraham](https://twitter.com/tammyabraham?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) 22 is having 10 goals in 12 matches in the [@PremierLeague](https://twitter.com/premierleague?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) why do [@ChelseaFC](https://twitter.com/ChelseaFC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) spend for Diallo!?Even [@mbatshuayi](https://twitter.com/mbatshuayi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) is there and already proven.
>
> — Ivan Frank Waiswa (@IvanWaiswa10) [November 12, 2019](https://twitter.com/IvanWaiswa10/status/1194175412336812032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> 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](https://twitter.com/mitchell3990/status/1194203404056354816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Sounds like a useless signing. Why not spend on Timo Werner or Halaand?
>
> — JAPHETH OGILA (@JapthethOgila) [November 12, 2019](https://twitter.com/JapthethOgila/status/1194176469758558208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

***Chelsea fans, do you need to sign another striker with Abraham and Batshuayi in good form? Let us know your thoughts!***