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'Santos and Ugochukwu could leave Chelsea after Amougou deal' - Fans baffled

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03 Feb 2025, 3:20 pm

Chelsea fans have been left confused after news that the club agreed a deal for Saint-Etienne youngster Mathis Amougou.

The Blues have agreed a £10million deal for the France U18 international [The Standard], who has made 17 appearances for Saint-Etienne this season.

Amougou will join a stacked midfield at Chelsea, with Enzo Fernandez, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Romeo Lavia and Moises Caicedo all competing for just two starting roles.

The young French midfielder will also be in competition with returning loan players, Lesley Ugochukwu and Andrey Santos.

Ugochukwu struggled in the early part of his time at Southampton, but is blossoming under new boss, Ivan Juric.

Santos is another story, the Brazilian midfielder has established himself as one of Ligue 1's best players, and Chelsea fans as excited to see him return next year.

Chelsea fans left in shock at Mathis Amougou deal on Deadline Day

Despite the obvious talent of Amougou, some Chelsea fans have begun to wonder how the club will use their young players.

With a midfield full of talented senior players, the club may be forced to sell off some of their young starlets due to simply not being able to play them.

Chelsea fans wont be excited at that prospect, as the club infamously let Mohamed Salah, and Kevin de Bruyne both leave for similar reasons.

Mohamed Salah left Chelsea and became one of the best players in world football (Credit: Imago)

The Blues have now let Carney Chukwuemeka go on loan to Borussia Dortmund, sparking concerns for fans over the future of the Chelsea project that has seen them sign an abundance of young players.

One fan said that the club was signing promising players "with absolutely no plan for them", whilst another said they hope the club is not "cashing in on Santos".

Now i'm just confused. We're buying Essugo and Amougou?

Hope they don't plan on cashing in on Santos... https://t.co/V48e6FK3TO
— RJ24 (@RJ24clear) February 3, 2025

Chelsea's inquiries for the two midfielders of Nico O’Reilly and Mathis Amougou really confuses me. We want to sign them mainly because of our injured midfield. But don't forget that next season we will have Andrey Santos and Lesley Ugochukwu back. What's the point.#CFC
— The Cfc Corner (@TheCfcCorner) February 3, 2025

Both Nico O'Reiley and Mathis Amougou both seem to be 6s. So cover for Caicedo. But then what happens to Ugochukwu and Santos? Especially with Palmer already taking up one of the midfield spot. https://t.co/e14U2oreMR
— Jason 🎓 (@CFC_Jasonn) February 2, 2025

Lesley Ugochukwu
Andrey Santos
Omari Kellyman
Carney Chukwuemeka
And now Mathis Amougou.

In a squad that has Caicedo, Enzo, Lavia, KDH and two 10s in Palmer and Nkunku.. Hii ni upuzi tbh https://t.co/JTU4wUYvMK
— Koome (@koome_pedro) February 3, 2025

So we went from getting Nico O’Reilly and Essugo to landing Amougou? Hope it’s the right call especially with Santos, Ugochukwu, and Carney already in the squad.
— adonis (@enzo1on1) February 3, 2025

Should recall Santos then send this guy to Strasbourg, santos is FAR more ready than Amougou
— George #BlueCoOut (@Georgeb773) February 3, 2025

Unless it’s to replace Santos at Strasbourg then Amougou isn’t the best bit of business for the short-term.
— Callum (@callumjt1) February 3, 2025

So Andrey Santos, Amougou, Essugo, Ugochokwu, Caicedo, Lavia, Enzo Fernandez. All I see is us buying players for Strasbourg or to make profit.
— CFC (@CFCUpdates63470) February 3, 2025

In other news, there has been some late drama in Axel Disasi's move to Tottenham.

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