Chelsea's efforts to conclude a deal for Manchester City Starlet Nico O'Reilly fell flat, with the ruling Premier League champions in no vote to sell without a purchasing option.
The blues of Enzo Maresca have benefited from the presence of City Academy graduate Cole Palmer in their starting line-up, and it has been claimed that they have investigated a movement for O'Reilly early in the window. The midfielder scored his first city goal against Salford in the FA Cup and has also tasted this period Premier League and Champions League promotion.
City has been busy in the January window after catching up and has been catching up in Europe. Abdukodir Khusanov, Omar Marmoush and Vorror Reis have come to a combined costs of more than £ 100 million, and they were still able to land Nico Gonzalez from Porto.
There have also been a number of outputs in January, with the loan from Kyle Walker to AC Milan Chief including. But for now it seems that O'Reilly will not add his name to that list.
According to the news from Manchester Evening, Chelsea has an approach to City in January compared to the 19-year-old. However, the city was reportedly determined to avoid their fault with Palmer.
Pep Guardiola's side would only have been prepared to entertain a movement if a purchasingback clause was inserted – something they have not managed with Palmer's £ 42.5 million exit in 2023. With Chelsea said it was not prepared Is the idea to entertain, O'Reilly was sitting.
Although Chelsea could still return with an eleventh hour bid on the Deadline Day, the position of the city has become clear. As it looks now, he is expected to stay in the Etihad Stadium for the rest of the season in the FA Cup trip from Saturday to Leyton Orient.
O'Reilly, who made his top debut against Ipswich in January, was an unused replacement for the journey from the city to Arsenal on Sunday. The Guardiola team was humiliated in North London, admitted the opener within two minutes and eventually lost 5-1, although their manager took some positive points from the start of the game.
“I only regret the last 25 minutes, we have forgotten to do what we have to do, what we have done for 65/70 minutes,” Guardiola told the BBC. “Of course it is a difficult game that starts in this stadium, against that team in the first minutes it happened many times this season.
“But after 10/15 minutes I think we took the game and really, real, real, really, really, really well played and we are in a good momentum that we pass to make the transition with Omar [Marmoush] And a deflection and the third goal.
“But then we continued to do what you have to do in terms of defensive and [be a] A little more patient. And if you play that way, they can run and of course at 3-1 they are comfortable, it's more difficult. I regret the last 15/20 minutes, the rest was really a good game in front of us. It is hard to understand when you see the result, but this is my feeling. “
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