“Pure profit player” – Chelsea star not in the club’s long-term plans | OneFootball

Chelsea reportedly view Andrey Santos as a pure profit player rather than someone who’s part of their long-term first-team plans.

The talented Brazilian youngster has long looked like a big prospect for the future, but he’s yet to establish himself in the Chelsea first-team since joining.

Santos is currently on loan at Strasbourg and has caught the eye with his performances in Ligue 1, but it seems that won’t be enough to change his situation at Stamford Bridge.

According to TEAMtalk, Santos is viewed as a “pure profit player”, so Chelsea only plan to use his growing reputation to earn a significant profit from selling him.

This could be a smart strategy from the Blues, who will need to be able to balance the books in this age of strict Financial Fair Play regulations.

However, some Chelsea fans will undoubtedly also be concerned about losing a talent like Santos without giving him more of a chance.

Chelsea could be taking a big risk with Andrey Santos transfer stance

Andrey Santos in action for Chelsea (Photo by Adam Hunger/Getty Images)

Chelsea know all too well that sometimes letting young players go too soon can come back to haunt you.

Who can forget that the west London giants had both Mohamed Salah and Kevin De Bruyne on their books as youngsters, but allowed both to leave after hardly using them?

You know the rest – Salah remains in the form of his life for Liverpool and is sure to go down as an all-time Premier League great, while De Bruyne has also been world class and picked up a whole load of major trophies at Manchester City down the years.

Santos might well end up being someone in that category, even if it’s too early to know that at the moment, but that’s why you don’t rush into cashing in on these players.

CFC have brought in a number of the world’s best young talents, but many of them have been underwhelming, so surely Santos is worth keeping around while others are offloaded?