Erling Braut Haaland warms up ahead the German first division Bundesliga football match between SC Freiburg and Borussia Dortmund. (Photo by THOMAS KIENZLE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
According to transfer news from Express, Chelsea could use Tammy Abraham in a swap deal to reduce the price of Erling Haaland. Chelsea want the Dortmund striker and might look to offer out-of-favour Abraham to somewhat reduce the transfer fee.
The Blues have shown tremendous interest in the player along with the rest of the elite European clubs, meaning that they will have to stump up heavy cash to land him. The Norwegian is arguably the hottest prospect in the world right now and has impressed heavily at Borussia Dortmund. Europe’s biggest clubs are now circling around him.
He does have a release clause that gets activated in the summer of 2022 but a host of clubs want a deal this year itself, none more than Chelsea, who have a striker problem on their hands. Timo Werner has struggled to find goals, Tammy Abraham cannot seem to get a game, and Giroud is on the wrong side of 30.
However, with Dortmund likely to ask north of a £140m, Chelsea will have to come up with some other wary to sign him. It had been recently reported that the Blues are willing to let go of Tammy for £40m. Now, they could offer Tammy to Dortmund itself to facilitate a deal.
Firstly, that would reduce the transfer fee by a good amount. Secondly, Dortmund would get a direct replacement for Haaland. The German club have signed English players in recent years and Abraham could also be another one.
This deal might look a bit difficult to pull off given so many factors at stake but this could well be Chelsea’s best chance of snapping up Haaland without burning a huge hole in their pocket. This is the most feasible option and it might just appeal enough to Dortmund as well.
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