Chelsea are reportedly ready to let go of Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall should the club get what they consider a good bid. Even though the Club World cup champions will listen to offers for the England international this summer, they have not directly put him up for sale.
The midfielder moved to Stamford Bridge from Leicester City at the start of July 2024 when he signed a five-year contract which included an additional one-year option.
The 26-year-old has picked up two trophies during his debut season at Chelsea, winning both the Club World Cup and Conference League. However, the English midfielder has struggled for minutes across the board, competing with some top-class teammates.
He is in a slightly strange position at Chelsea right now. On the one hand he’s carved himself out a role as a backup midfielder/attacker who Enzo Maresca likes to use late in games. That trend continued even through the Club World Cup, with new rivals in the squad.
But long term it’s hard to see the former Leicester man playing more than he did last season, it feels like he’s much more likely to play less, in fact. That’s why the door is open to a move away, as it was in January.
Matt Law confirmed recently that the Blues would sell KDH at the right price. Commenting on his X handle, he said:
“If Chelsea got what they consider a good bid for Dewsbury-Hall, they would sell,” Law said when he featured on the London Is Blue Podcast this week.
“[But] at the moment I haven’t heard of a bid coming in for him.”
Dewsbury-Hall is a box-to-box player who likes to attack, drive at defenders and make things happen in the final third of the pitch, as well as perform his role defensively.
He took advantage of a lack of depth in midfield last season, but with Romeo Lavia back fit plus Dario Essugo and Andrey Santos having joined the group, we see that avenue for minutes drying up significantly.
Dewsbury-Hall was also used to replace Cole Palmer and Enzo Fernandez later in games, but again, there are new attacking signings which will make that path more difficult too.
I’m not sure how much Chelsea would accept for the former Leicester man, but i’d imagine if they can come close to matching the £30m they paid for him they would take it. They got a good, successful season out of him and now can try to upgrade.
