Antonio Nusa has spoken out over his failed deadline day move to after the Blues had a £23m bid rejected for the Club Brugge winger.
The Blues were unable to make a second offer as they were hoping to secure exits for Ian Maatsen or but both players remained in west .
It may come back to bite Chelsea, who are continuing to monitor Nusa, .
Nusa, 18, moved to Club Brugge in 2021 and has made a total of 46 appearances to date for the Belgian side.
The Norwegian has now spoken openly about his failed move to Chelsea and said: ‘I already knew that it wasn’t going to happen now.
‘But then the money came on the table. Then it is seen in a slightly different way.
‘We had to have another conversation when the money arrived, but we were on the same page, so there was no problem there.’
, the most spent by any club during a transfer window in Premier League history, but that did not stop their late attempts to land Nusa.
Chelsea smashed the British transfer record to sign Moises Caicedo from Brighton and also brought in Romeo Lavia, Christopher Nkunku, Cole Palmer, Axel Disasi, Nicolas Jackson, Lesley Ugochukwu, Robert Sanchez and Djordje Petrovic as well as Brazilian duo Deivid Washington and Angelo.
Head coach Mauricio Pochettino, who arrived at Chelsea this summer, is looking to turn the club’s fortunes around after their abysmal 12th-placed finish in the top-flight last term – .
