Potential Hull City transfer blow emerges on 23 y/o

There are people within Premier League side Chelsea who are currently urging the Blues to promote Nathan Baxter to the first-team squad, according to Football.London.

The 23-year-old shared goalkeeping duties with Matt Ingram during the 2021/22 campaign – and the Tigers’ form improved when he was introduced in November – when they won four consecutive games and kept three clean sheets during that mini-run of form.

That proved to be the catalyst for a much brighter season for the East Yorkshire outfit who previously looked like relegation favourites under Grant McCann – and Baxter went on to make 16 league appearances.

Despite having a limited number of appearances to his name at the MKM Stadium, Shota Arveladze’s side are thought to be keen on pursuing a fresh loan agreement for his services and the club’s takeover may now clear the path for the shot-stopper to depart Stamford Bridge with the club no longer suffering from sanctions.

Ingram signed a new long-term deal today to secure his future with the Tigers but the club will be keen to add another senior option to provide the ex-Luton Town loanee with more competition for his place and potentially allow Harvey Cartwright to go out on loan, with the latter reportedly attracting interest from Peterborough United.

However, Baxter has supporters within his current club who are arguing that he should be involved in Thomas Tuchel’s first team, though it remains to be seen whether the German will take their advice.

The Verdict:

Edouard Mendy, Kepa Arrizabalaga and Marcus Bettinelli are all available to Tuchel as first-team options at this stage and it would be difficult to see Baxter being included in the first team unless Bettinelli goes.

However, that seems unlikely at this