Former Chelsea star, Joe Cole has expressed discontent over the club’s decision to sell 24-year-old star, Marc Guehi.
Guehi joined Chelsea’s academy at the age of seven.
The England international eventually signed his first professional contract with the Premier League west London club in 2017.
He made his first-team debut in September 2019 and was sent on loan to Swansea City for two seasons before he was finally sold to Crystal Palace in 2021.
The defender has since become a key player for Palace, making more than 100 appearances for the club.
There are reports that Chelsea are currently trying to bring him back to Stamford Bridge in a bid to solve their defensive crisis amid the January transfer window.
However, Cole believes it’s so frustrating for Chelsea to allow Guehi leave the club in the first place.
“The priority for Chelsea is in central defence,” Cole told Paddy Power when asked where his former club should look to strengthen this January.
“Benoit Badiashile is picking up injuries and Wesley Fofana has been wonderful, but he keeps on breaking down.
“Levi Colwill is a young player who’s done well but he still needs to develop and improve, and he will do.
“It’s so frustrating for Chelsea because they’ve sold someone like Marc Guehi, and he’s gone on to become a top centre half which I could see [at the time].
“Guehi is a proper player and he’s in England’s starting line up now and Chelsea are going to have to fork out to get him back. It’s an area that needs to be sorted out at Chelsea.”
