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Chelsea’s summer window could start with a plot twist on both flanks. Reports suggest the club are weighing up whether to trigger a costly get-out clause in Jadon Sancho’s loan while simultaneously pushing to bring Borussia Dortmund starlet Jamie Bynoe-Gittens back to England. Here’s where things stand.

Sancho: obligation, opt-out – and a hefty bill

When Chelsea borrowed Sancho from Manchester United last August, the season-long deal included an obligation to buy for roughly £25 million. Crucially, the Blues also inserted a safety valve: they can cancel the permanent transfer—if they act before the end of June—by paying United a multi-million-pound penalty. Sancho’s return of three goals and ten assists is respectable, yet head coach Enzo Maresca still isn’t convinced the 24-year-old fits his high-press blueprint. With the Premier League’s Profit & Sustainability Rules biting, the prospect of another eight-figure fee looks less appealing.

Enter Jamie Bynoe-Gittens – a home-grown reunion?

While Sancho’s status hangs in the balance, Chelsea have “already expressed a very clear interest” in fellow Dortmund winger Jamie Bynoe-Gittens. The Reading-born 20-year-old actually spent time in Chelsea’s pre-academy before joining Manchester City’s youth ranks and, later, Dortmund at 16. Four seasons, 100 senior appearances and a breakout 12-goal campaign later, he could be tempted by a Premier League return.

Dortmund value Bynoe-Gittens at around €50 million, yet Chelsea might leverage the German club’s interest in keeping loanee Carney Chukwuemeka to drive the price down. Bringing in a rising English talent on lower wages would tick two Maresca boxes: fresh legs for the front line and long-term resale potential under the club’s amortisation model.

What it means for Chelsea’s wide-player pecking order

If Bynoe-Gittens arrives and Sancho stays, Maresca would have an embarrassment of riches out wide: Cole Palmer, Noni Madueke, Mykhailo Mudryk, Raheem Sterling, Sancho and Bynoe-Gittens fighting for two places. Something has to give, and the simplest way to square the circle is to pull the Sancho rip-cord, eat the penalty and remove one high earner from the wage bill—much as the club did with Romelu Lukaku last summer.

Inside Cobham, staff insist no final decision will be taken until the season ends. Champions League qualification would boost revenues and make a Sancho stay far easier; missing out could accelerate the Bynoe-Gittens gambit. Either way, the message is clear: Maresca and the board are ready to be ruthless again to keep Chelsea’s youthful, high-energy rebuild on track.

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Chelsea’s winger shuffle: Sancho’s future in doubt as Blues court Bynoe-Gittens