After a move to AS Roma didn’t go through, Chelsea’s Tyrique George seemed on his way to Fulham in a deadline day move away from Stamford Bridge.
That transfer also fell through at the end, as the youngster is now expected to be registered for the Blules’ Champions League squad.
Today’s Gazzetta dello Sport gives some indication for what could have gone wrong for Fulham and others trying to sign the player as the window closed.
They note that Roma spoke with Chelsea this week about signing the player and decided demands from the Blues were unreasonable. According to Gazzetta, Chelsea were asking for a 30% sell-on fee.
This prompted the Roma ownership to inform Chelsea that ‘nothing will happen’, handing Fulham a chance to sign the 19-year-old winger.
It is unclear whether there were similar doubts at Craven Cottage about the 30% resale fee demand but reports in England claimed that the Blues were keen on inserting a clause in the deal.