Chelsea winger Hakim Ziyech definitely wants to leave Stamford Bridge before tonight’s transfer deadline, claims journalist Simon Phillips. The £100,000-a-week Moroccan has been heavily linked with a return to Ajax, and Phillips says the Dutch side and the Blues are in talks over a potential deal.
Sky Sports recently reported that Ziyech could indeed be heading back to the Johan Cruyff Arena. While the 29-year-old did start in Chelsea’s recent 2-1 defeat away at Southampton, he is not one of the first names on Thomas Tuchel’s team sheet.
In the last Premier League season, he made the German’s first XI on just 14 occasions, showing that he is not a pivotal member of this Chelsea squad.
Had Frank Lampard, who signed him from Ajax in a £33.3m deal two years ago, still been in charge, things might have been different.