Sarri’s Hope to See Mateo Kovacic Survive at Chelsea

DBasia.news –  Chelsea borrow Mateo Kovacic from Real Madrid this season. Kovacic moved to England because he rarely played in Madrid. Nevertheless, Chelsea did not have the option to make his contract permanent.

Feeling comfortable in London and becoming a reliable enough player for Maurizio Sarri made Kovacic reportedly open the chance to stay at Stamford Bridge, but this is unlikely to be realized given Roman Abramovich’s club was sanctioned by FIFA and could not bring in new players in two transfer period.

However, Kovacic’s hopes of surviving at Chelsea are also not fully closed, the article Sarri has just confirmed if he also really wants to keep the 24-year-old player and sign him permanently.

“Yes, Mateo Kovacic is indeed only a loan player, but I hope if he can stay at Chelsea. You all know that in the position he normally occupies, we only have Jorginho,” Sarri said as quoted by Goal.

“I think Kovacic has the potential to be a good central midfielder. Yes, he is not a defensive midfielder, but I need players with above-average technical abilities. It is very important for us to have quality players. I will not bring in new midfielders and “I prefer to defend Kovacic,” added the former Napoli manager.

Mateo Kovacic is indeed quite reliable by Maurizio Sarri in the 2018/19 season, although he has only made one full 90 minutes in the Premier League competition, in total he has appeared in 42 matches in all competitions.

Opportunities for players born in Linz, Austria to stay at Stamford Bridge are also not fully closed, the article Chelsea also called will immediately take a further appeal to the Sports Arbitration Committee (CAS).

Real Madrid also did not close the opportunity to release Kovacic, the latest news said that if the club owns 13 Champions League titles it has put in a price of at least 50 million euros.