Chelsea transfer news: 'I want to think about it carefully,' Tokyo midfielder Yoshinori Muto unsure on move to Stamford Bridge
The Blues have made a £4m bid for the 22-year-old
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Your support makes all the difference.Tokyo midfielder Yoshinori Muto is taking time to consider whether he wants to join Jose Mourinho’s side.
Chelsea have bid £4m in the hope of signing the Japan international in July. It is understood he was a target long before they signed a £40m-a-year sponsorship deal with Yokohama Rubber.
But the 22-year-old is worried about his playing time and told the Evening Standard: “I want to think about it carefully. Where can I go to develop? A team that suits me, where I can play and develop. I just want to take my time and think it through.”
And Muto’s reservations could be justified.
The move for Muto comes just two months after Chelsea agreed a £40m-a-year contract, which lasts for five seasons, with Japanese company Yokohama Rubber.
When asked if the club's commercial activities could influence transfer policy, Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho said: "That's modern football, that's modern management.
"There is something that in modern management, you can't completely close the door to a little bit of commercial interest.
"At the same time, a football club is always a football club. And a top football club only has space for very good players or at least very good prospects.
"So no, we would never bring a player if the player has no capacity to be in the Chelsea squad."
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