“Absolutely I would go for it if I was Chelsea,” Burley said.

“If he wants to make that move and it’s on the table [go for it].

“The decision he’s got to make is what does he have in terms of options?

“Chelsea are a project at the moment. If he feels Chelsea are enough of a project to go and compete once this is all over, then fine.

“But at his age, he’s going to be looking to go into somewhere they’re going to fight for the title now, fighting for the Champions League now.