DEAL: Nottingham leading both Bayern Munich and Man Utd & Tottenham in hot race to sign £47.5m iron defender

But those in charge have made their bed, now they must lie in it. Romano references interest from a wide variety of clubs, showing how highly rated the 24 year old is:

“Another defender who could be one to watch on the market this summer is Chelsea’s Trevoh Chalobah, and I thought I’d clarify his situation as some fans have been asking me if his situation could change now that he’s been playing more often recently, and performing well in Mauricio Pochettino’s line up.

“My understanding is that the expectation is still for Chalobah to leave, so that Chelsea can make profit and for Chalobah to be a regular starter.

“I’ve spoken about interest from Bayern Munich and Nottingham Forest in the past, but there’s nothing happening now. Let’s see who’s going to move on that, at the moment there is nothing concrete yet in terms of talks.”

A plan gone horribly wrong

Sadly the plan to sell Chalobah was put in place long ago, and some of the spending on players like Axel Disasi was only committed to because our homegrown favourite was scheduled to leave. The stickiness of the situation has been enhanced by the fact that Chalobah has simply been so much better than the players bought to replace him.

Much as with the Conor Gallagher situation, those making the decisions have painted themselves into a corner.