Latest Athletic update means CWCW now playoff to see who starts and who gets sold in problem position | OneFootball

The big news of today is that Chelsea’s attempted deal to sign Mike Maignan has collapsed.

The Blues wanted to pay no more than €15m, AC Milan wanted €20m. So for the sake of 24% of one Omari Kellyman, the sporting directors are willing to let a potentially game changing upgrade walk away.

But we’re not here to gripe about why we think that’s a bad decision we’re here to think about what’s next.

Chelsea back to same issue of 4 goalkeepers without one outstanding

Filip Jorgensen trains with the goalkeepers in the USA.

The briefs that have come out on all sides in the hour since that news broke have made it very clear that Chelsea are happy with the goalkeeper options they already have on the books (this was the same garbage we were fed before they made a very clear attempt to upgrade on those options).

Robert Sanchez, Filip Jorgensen and Djordje Petrovic are all now going to compete to be next season’s number one, and the Club World Cup will obviously play a huge role in that.

Enzo Maresca faced with interesting goalkeeper dilemma

So how will Enzo Maresca run that competition? Sanchez has the obvious lead, as he was last season’s number one. Does he start all the games and get dropped only when he makes a mistake? Or will he and Petrovic switch back and forth with a couple of games each?

Jorgensen is a clear third choice as it stands, so we’re not worried about him getting first team reps yet. The obvious move is to loan him out and keep the other two, although Simon Johnson’s report for the Athletic says that one of them will be sold. That creates a whole new angle on things.

Is this now becoming a playoff not only to see who starts, but who is sold too? This CWC just gets more and more interesting.