Some Leicester City fans have taken to Twitter to share their view that selling 23-year-old Ben Chilwell would be a poor decision, amid reported interest in the left-back from Chelsea.
Spanish publication SPORT have recently reported that the Foxes have placed a price tag in excess of £82.5m on the England international, which has cooled Chelsea’s alleged interest in the player. Chilwell is currently valued at £45m according to Transfermarkt.co.uk.
Leicester City-focused Twitter account @LCFCFoxes_com recently made a post stating that they would “be tempted to cash in” on the 23-year-old left-back if they were offered “the £80m fee being reported”. This tweet has attracted the attention of some Leicester City fans who have responded by sharing their view that Chilwell should not be sold.
Read the posts from some Leicester City fans calling for the club not to sell Chilwell in the tweets below.
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This might be controversial, but if we received a massive offer for Chilwell, I would be tempted to cash in. He's been poor the last few months and has never been able to find any consistency. He's still developing, but it'll be hard to turn down the £80m fee being reported #LCFC
— ComeOnLeicester.com (@Come0nLeicester) March 23, 2020
Keep him. Leicester are building for the future! If big clubs want him & he’s picked for the National team then they must see something in him!
— Gary Briers (@BriersGary) March 23, 2020
Crazy to sell him. He’s mates with all other good young players. If he goes maybe others follow suit. We’re in it for the long haul.
— Matthew Sillitoe (@mwsillitoe) March 23, 2020
Why is that the fee. If someone is willing to pay that much then surely they see something, I’d rather he stayed. We won’t get better I don’t think not without paying insane money. He’s an academy lad ?? England full back.
— Keeping it #LCFC ???? (@ItLcfc) March 23, 2020
Would £80m+ tempt you to sell Ben Chilwell?NO, LEICESTER WOULDN'T REPLACE HIM WITH A BETTER PLAYER
YES, THAT WOULD BE TOO MUCH TO TURN DOWN
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No !
— edwardo badger (@EdwardoBadger) March 23, 2020
Not the right decision.
— Barbara Roberts (@Barb7045) March 23, 2020
No, j don’t wanna be one of those clubs that sells our best assets regardless of the price, poor form or not he’s one of the best full backs in the league on his day, if we wanna push on we will not be able to buy a better replacement.
— Ryan (@Ryan51625692) March 23, 2020
What do we think?
It may be fair to say that Chilwell has made a notable contribution at both ends of the pitch for the Foxes in the Premier League this term. The 23-year-old has made an average of 1.6 tackles per game this season, in addition to 1.2 key passes per Premier League game according to WhoScored.com.
Only four Leicester players have made a higher number of tackles per game than Chilwell this season, while the left-back has also made a higher number of key passes per game than all but two other Leicester City players in the Premier League this term.
WhoScored have also given Chilwell an average overall rating of 6.97 for the 2019/20 Premier League season, which makes him the Foxes’ sixth-highest rated player for the current Premier League season.
It might be fair to say that the Foxes may struggle to replace Chilwell with a better player if they sell the left-back in the summer, considering that he has made some positive contributions for the Foxes this season. With that in mind, it may be understandable why some Leicester fans have called for the club to keep hold of the 23-year-old.