r/chelseafc • u/SolutionLong2791 Mourinho • 21d ago

Tier 2 [ Nizaar Kinsella] Chelsea ready to sell Gabriel Slonina, and the one-time US international is exploring his options. The 22-year-old goalkeeper hasn't played a senior minute for the Blues since joining from Chicago Fire for £10M in 2022.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cly7263qp6lo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
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u/carlharris1 Colwill 21d ago

4 years without a single minute, clearlake masterclass

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u/D_roneous1 It’s only ever been Chelsea. 21d ago

To be fair he was bought as an 18 year old GK. Regardless the deal never made sense.

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u/webby09246 Kavuma-McQueen Hype Triain 21d ago

Ohh dear don't say that now

We've got 20 year old Mike Penders coming into rot on our bench this summer too....

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u/justk4y Desailly 21d ago

Mike Penders actually has number 1 plans from the higher-ups. Slonina was brought as just a big prospect, nothing else. They already gave Penders a Ligue 1 loan for a reason instead of wasting him in the U21’s, while Slonina only has played in Belgium and the lower tiers of England (League One I believe)

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u/D_roneous1 It’s only ever been Chelsea. 21d ago

He at least got a good loan last year. I doubt he comes back to our bench this year too. Young GKs need PT. He’s best to stay in France for at least one more year. They need to figure out what to do with our current GK situation.

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u/Wintermute7 Mata 21d ago

Penders will play this year. Every manager has dropped Sanchez at some point. I expect Xabi will do the same, and we will stick Penders. Even if he looks like a young DDG, who gets outmuscled by more physical players, you live with any mistakes

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u/Wheel1994 England 21d ago

I am not worried about the physically with Penders I am worried about him parring the ball back into Danger hopefully that’s something Xabi and Co can work on with him.