It is increasingly common to see players from the Ecuador national team signing for the big clubs in Europe, and this Wednesday it became known that the Chelsea He has sent scouts to follow another star of the ‘Tri’ in one of the Champions League matches.
English media indicate that the central defender Joel Ordonez was observed by the giants of the Premier League in the match between Bruges of Belgium and Aston Villa. The defender, called up by Beccacece, has been a fixture in the Belgian team since his arrival.
It is known that Chelsea is in search of a central defender with projection and one of their options was Piero Hincapié. After the high price that Bayer Leverkusen has put on him, they would go for a less expensive option.
Joel Ordóñez is in his second season at Club Brujas in Belgium and at the age of 20 he finished with 33 starting games and also with the local first division title.
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Joel Ordóñez is a regular in the Ecuador National Team calls. Photo: Getty.
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He would be the third player that Chelsea signs from the ‘Tricolor’ after having paid 135 million euros for Moisés Caicedo and 18 million for Kendry Páez, although they would loan him to another European club.
The transfer value of Joel Ordóñez
Joel Ordóñez was bought for 4 million euros by Independiente del Valle and the Ecuadorian club kept a percentage of his rights for a later sale.
