Chelsea In OFFICIAL TALKS To Complete £50m La Liga Signing – Not Griezmann

Reports from Spain have revealed that Chelsea are willing and poised to making a summer swoop for Real Madrid midfielder Isco. Chelsea are reportedly willing to sign the former Malaga player for the next season. The Blues will have to pay around £50m to sign him.

The Spaniard has been ditched in favour of World Cup sensation James Rodriguez despite a string of impressive displays for the Los Blancos. And it has not gone down well with the 23-year-old who is reportedly waiting for the appointment of new boss Rafa Benitez H then will discuss his future at the club with the new incoming management.

Is Chelsea move for Isco a good one?

The Spanish attacking midfielder and a former Golden Boy would be a direct like for like swap with Oscar and could line up with his idol Cesc Fabregas. Isco has voiced his dissatisfaction with the amount of play time he receives at Real Madrid as he is currently behind Ronaldo, Bale and James in the pecking order at Los Blancos.

Isco combines a great eye for a pass with wonderful dribbling skills and similarly to Oscar can be deployed on either wing. His weakness on the other hand is his defensive contribution. Isco would certainly offer Chelsea more going forward and if Mourinho could get him to improve the defensive aspect of his game and track back the same way he has done with Oscar and Hazard, the Spaniard could be a great signing and will make sense in all perspective for Chelsea whose midfielder Oscar is rumored to be out of the club.

Isco would be a like for like swap with Oscar filling in the number 10. He offers less goals and equal number of assists, but he creates more chances for teammates and is a better dribbler, which means he can get into dangerous positions. His defensive contribution could potentially be a problem, especially with Fabregas in the side and he hasn’t created his reputation by defending. However, the Blues are very likely to make a move for a defensive midfielder in the summer anyway to partner Matic against the better opponents, and with Isco offering more offensively than Oscar, and the later being linked with a move away from the club, the move would seem a perfect one.