Saúl is already among Tuchel’s discards for January

Thomas Tuchel has 27 players on the payroll and wants to lighten the Chelsea squad. The club made a great effort, especially in the offensive part, and gave Lukaku a gift. That outlay could be mitigated in the January market. The club intends to make cash with the surpluses. According Express, up to 6 footballers would be on the starting ramp to leave the club in January: Christensen, Baker and Musonda, who finish their contract next summer; Barkley, who does not count for German; Sarr, who could come out on loan to have minutes; and Saúl, who is on loan but is not having minutes.

The Express explains that the Spanish midfielder is having a lot of trouble fitting into the team. He arrived at the last moment of the summer market and Tuchel put him to play immediately, but he did not tune in with what the coach wanted. The German explained that he was a player he had followed for a long time and that he was confident that he would complete his adaptation and begin to perform.

Tuchel is giving him the Cup, but in the Premier League he ran out of minutes against Burnley. Express He says Chelsea will not enforce his call option and if he continues like this, he could exit without any problems in the January market. From Madrid the situation is contemplated. Saúl leaving allowed Atlético to get Griezmann. The Spaniard released the clean seven million he charges per season and that made room for the arrival of the Frenchman. Atlético does not contemplate, therefore, a return in the short term. In fact, he hoped that Saúl would be able to make his mark on Chelsea and be acquired by Chelsea to facilitate flexibility in the markets to come. If Chelsea does not do so or wants to get rid of the player, another solution will have to be considered, but it does not involve reinstating him in the short term. Saúl has played 238 minutes for Chelsea so far.