Villarreal CEO feels that there was no need for Jorgensen to depart at that point in his career.
Villarreal CEO made a question on their goalkeeper Filip Jorgensen who joined Chelsea in the summer transfer window. Roig Negueroles speaks for the first time on the summer departure of their shot-stopper.
Chelsea wanted an option in their goalkeeping section. The new manager doesn’t want to see Djordje Petrovic as his first-choice stopper. Robert Sanchez has since been promoted to the role.
Petrovic has been sent to Chelsea Co-owned club Strasbourg on a season-long loan deal. The Serbia international is not part of the current squad. The Blues invested in Jorgensen as their chosen alternative.
The Denmark U-21 international signed a seven-year contract with Chelsea after Villarreal accepted a £20m proposal. The 22-year-old will not be the first-choice option but surely play some games this season. He played in two Europa Conference League playoff against Servette.
While talking to AS, Villarreal CEO feels that there was no need for Jorgensen to depart at that point in his career. He said, “The truth is that we didn’t want to sell Alex (Sorloth) or Filip. It was clear to us that we had to make some sales, we didn’t foresee those, but in the end it happened because both players were willing to leave and the offers were attractive enough to accept.
“In both cases we followed the will of the player, we wouldn’t have sold them otherwise. We knew that there would have to be a sale this summer, but not just those two. We didn’t know that.
“We didn’t expect to sell Jorgensen so soon, let alone this year. We knew about his enormous potential and we thought he would leave, but not now. Honestly, and I have made this clear to him and his entourage, I think Jorgensen rushed his decision.
“He had room for improvement and growth here, but his departure was his will. We did not intend to make that sale, but it has happened because he is a great goalkeeper for the present and the future and with qualities that can make him one of the most important goalkeepers in Europe.”
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