Ajax and Chelsea have officially agreed to a transfer that will send Hakim Ziyech to London.
Here’s why the Morocco international is a dream signing for the Blues.In Lampard‘s first season in charge of Chelsea, the London-based club have been one of the Premier League‘s more exciting teams.
Football fans from around the world can purchase Premier League Football Tickets online to enjoy its stunning performances.Armed with a disciplined defense, a midfield capable of controlling games, and a few dangerous young players in the attack, the Blues look like a team on the rise over the next handful of years with a tactically competent and composed manager running the show.But something was missing.
Although Chelsea has a box-to-box midfielder in N'Golo Kante, two orchestrators in Jorginho and Mateo Kovacic, a future star winger in Christian Pulisic, and an elite striker in Tammy Abraham, they were missing a dynamic playmaker.Willian, in some ways, is that player, but he is more of a technically-proficient role player than someone who can consistently create chances in the final third.The word replacement gets thrown around haphazardly, but Chelsea was indeed looking for someone who could replace Eden Hazard in one sense of the word.They were not looking for a one-to-one replacement for one of the world's most effective dribblers and all-around attackers, nor were they necessarily looking for a direct replacement at the left-wing position.Chelsea Pace WingerIn Pulisic, they purchased the pace winger who can grab goals as part of their plan of a future without Hazard.
Yet they still needed the attacking player who could create the chances and killer passes, replacing that aspect of Hazard’s production.In Hakim Ziyech, Chelsea has found the best possible answer.
On Thursday it was announced that the London club has a deal in place to buy Ziyech from Ajax at the end of the season.Chelsea will pay 40 million euros, a fee which could potentially rise to 44 million, for Ziyech next summer.It is a more than a reasonable fee for a 26-year-old playmaker in his prime who orchestrated one of the Champions League's best Cinderella stories last season.Ziyech was the true star of that Ajax team.