Granit Xhaka has revealed he turned down a summer move to Chelsea as he felt he had unfinished business at Sunderland, despite acknowledging the Blues’ bid was a ‘big privilege’.
Chelsea came into the summer transfer window with the intent to add experience to their squad, and earmarked the 33-year-old Xhaka as an ideal target, due to both his lengthy top-flight career and past work with Xabi Alonso at Bayer Leverkusen.