The 30-year-old international from Italy has just 10 months left on his Stamford Bridge contract. If he doesn’t reach an agreement on new terms in south-west London, he will be free to speak with foreign clubs starting in January.
Jorginho is now in the final year of his Chelsea contract.
Barcelona is thinking about signing Chelsea player Jorginho next summer when he might be a free agent.
Only 10 months remain on the 30-year-old Italian international’s Stamford Bridge contract, and beginning in January, he will be free to speak with foreign teams until he negotiates fresh terms in south-west London.
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Sergio Busquets, who will turn 35 next summer and be out of contract at that time, is being considered as a replacement by Barcelona.
And the top brass at Nou Camp believe that the Brazil-born Blues star checks all the right boxes to replace the vacuum that Busquets will leave.
Given the Catalan club’s continuous financial problems, the idea that Jorginho will be free to leave Chelsea if he lets his contract expire is also a huge plus.
For £57 million, Jorginho moved to Chelsea from Napoli in 2018.
Although he struggled with fans throughout Maurizio Sarri’s tenure, he has improved following the manager’s dismissal.
He has been a crucial component of the center midfield along with Mateo Kovacic and N’Golo Kante, although he might leave at the end of the campaign.
Sergio Busquets’ illustrious Barca career might come to an end.
The future plans of Chelsea’s new manager, Graham Potter, and whether or not he believes Jorginho will play a significant role in those plans will determine a lot of things.
The champion of Euro 2020 acknowledged that the team was “surprised” when Thomas Tuchel was replaced by the Englishman before the midweek Champions League draw with Salzburg.
“Of course, it came as a surprise to everyone. However, whatever was discussed between the players will remain there. I apologize,” he said.
“There is talk about what happened, of course, but there are games coming up and life moves quickly, so we don’t have time to keep thinking over and over. We spoke, but now it’s time to focus on what needs to be done.
We made every effort to perform as well as we could.
The new challenge is to restore that confidence because Chelsea is a big club and we have a lot of work to do. But regrettably, it wasn’t working any longer. We must all be moving in the same direction to accomplish that.