Ecuadorian teenager Kendry Páez selected Chelsea over a transfer to Borussia Dortmund due to a easy matter of timing.
That’s according to his agent Pipe Sierra, who says there wasn’t time to attend for Dortmund, so that they elected to just accept Chelsea’s supply as a substitute.
Páez is about to affix Chelsea subsequent summer season when he turns 18, with the Blues having moved shortly to signal him final 12 months as a part of their huge spending below Todd Boehly and co.
Indeed, he’s been backed to be a world star in future if issues go to plan, which means Chelsea could have been sensible to get in early and safe his signature forward of the competitors.
But it appears it was a matter of timing that made that occur, together with his agent revealing it was a alternative between them and Borussia Dortmund.
“Borussia Dortmund was close, but in the end due to a timing issue it could not wait, and it was a decision to make now, to mark a historical milestone in Ecuador,” Bolavip report him saying on El Canal del Fútbol.
“Wherever he would have ended up is something to be proud of.”