Really? Van der Meyde tells Alvarez: Chelsea never really wanted you

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·5 September 2022

For Holland star Andy van der Meyde has urged Ajax midfielder Edson Alvarez to resist any new attempt from Chelsea to prise him away in January.

Chelsea had a €50m offer for the Mexico international rejected by Ajax last week.

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And Van der Meyde believes he would be better served staying put.

“For a player it's not because they really have confidence in you, otherwise they would have knocked on your door sooner," he told Veronica Offside.

“Now they want to make a panic purchase and he wants to leave Ajax straight away.

"Then he must realise they just want me because they have nothing else."