“It’s a fascinating situation” – Journalist provides interesting update on future of €14m Chelsea ace

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·25 Juni 2025

“It’s a fascinating situation” – Journalist provides interesting update on future of €14m Chelsea ace

Chelsea defender Renato Veiga is set to leave the club this summer despite only joining 12 months ago according to reports.

The Blues signed Veiga for €14m from Swiss side FC Basel and were impressed by his versatility given he could play left back, centre back and in midfield.

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Veiga made a good start at Chelsea and impressed in some of his early appearances, but the Portugal international decided in January he wanted to leave to play regular minutes at centre back.

Renato Veiga set to leave Chelsea this summer

Veiga made 18 appearances in all competitions over the first half of the season, in which time he became a Portugal international.

The 21-year-old ended up joining Italian giants Juventus on loan and had an impressive spell in Italy with some eye catching performances in his 15 appearances.

Veiga has now returned to Chelsea although he’s not part of the squad for the Club World Cup, with his time at Stamford Bridge seemingly over.

Veiga made 15 appearances for Juventus over the second half of last season. (Photo by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Images)

It’s been reported Veiga was unhappy at being left out the Club World Cup squad and journalist Graeme Bailey has now provided an update.

“It’s a fascinating situation with Veiga, he was very surprised he wasn’t included in the Club World Cup squad,” he told TBR Football.

“There were indications from Chelsea that he would get a chance in a left-sided centre-back role — but Chelsea have so many centre-backs it’s staggering, and they still want more.

“But Veiga had a really good time at Juventus, playing at centre-back. And that’s why he left Chelsea on loan in the first place, he didn’t want to be a left-back, even if he was quite good at it.

“Chelsea were happy with him on the left but he turned up at Stamford Bridge wanting to be a centre-back.

“Now he’s gone to Juventus, played well and he thought he’d done enough to warrant a spot at the Club World Cup to prove himself as a centre-back.

Premier League clubs interested

Veiga won’t be short of options this summer and is thought to have interest not only from the Premier League, but also Europe.

Chelsea have reportedly set an asking price of €20m for Veiga, with Tottenham and Brighton both thought to have held interest.

It will be interesting to see where the former Basel man ends up, and it’s a shame his time at Chelsea hasn’t really worked out, but the Blues will almost certainly make a profit.