BARCELONA are reportedly eyeing a shock transfer for Chelsea left-back Ian Maatsen after his impressive loan spell at Coventry.
The 19-year-old has made 20 appearances for the high-flying Championship outfit.
Coventry find themselves seventh place, one point off Stoke who are occupying the last play-off spot.
And with Maatsen playing a key role in the Sky Blues’ success, he has attracted attention from cash-strapped Barca, according to Football Insider.
But the left-back is highly rated at Cobham, and Chelsea could look to learn from the mistake where they let Tino Livramento join Southampton for just £5million in the summer.
Chelsea do have a buy-back option for the right-back but it’ll cost the European champions around £40m to bring him back to the club.
There was also reports last month that Chelsea could look to recall Maatsen.
But Coventry boss Mark Robins insists the chatter is of ‘no concern’.
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Speaking to CoventryLive, Robins said: “I am certainly not going to go into any details of any contractual terms.
“But from my perspective there’s no concern about that. There’s no point in being concerned. I have not heard anything to the contrary.
He’s with us for the season and hopefully that remains the case because I think he’s getting a really good and grounded experience both here and with the Netherlands.
“And I am sure Chelsea are happy with that and his loan so far, and how he is performing and developing, so I am sure they are happy with that.”
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