The Samu Omorodion deal has been thrown into chaos and extreme doubt, with multiplereportsemerging tonight of the young striker supposedly failing his medical.
The 20-year-old was held out of the gold medal game at the Olympics on Saturday, but we had all assumed it was because of the agreed move with Chelsea. Apparently not!
Reports in Spain have been backed up by the likes of Fabrizio Romano and The Athletic’sDavid Ornstein, so there’s little reason to doubt the veracity of the doubt that now suddenly surrounds this €40m deal. While we have seen deals come back from this sort of brink before, right now, this thing looks dead in the water.
The interesting part will be whether Conor Gallagher’s deal going the other way will still go ahead or whether that will collapse as well. We are fairly well covered at Omorodion’s position (especially with Nico Jackson now back as well), but Chelsea were clearly counting on Gallagher leaving so…
UPDATE: Fabrizio says that the two clubs are exploring alternative solutions. João Félix’s name has been brought up. Ugh.
