It is amazing how Chelsea is working with the new management.
It's clear that they are thinking about the future, hiring many new players, even players under 18 years old, for possible valorization, generating profit for the team, and also to have an excellent and young team in a few years.
I couldn't find the value of Kendry Paez, it shouldn't be higher than the value paid for Andrey Santos, it should be a little less.
If I had to guess, I would put something like £8 million.
Here is a video where you can see a little bit of how he plays:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asD8fT42248Independiente del Valle is a team that will participate in the Libertadores 2023, and they regularly play this competition (they won the South American cup in 2022) and they will probably take advantage of Kendry Paez at some point, since he still has 2 years and some months of contract with the team, before going to Chelsea, so it is good that the player can already participate in important and international games, arriving even more prepared for the Chelsea team.
Looking forward to seeing the Chelsea team in 3 to 4 years.
Currently, Chelsea is going through a big transitional period. So it is obvious that the performance is not going to be very good from Chelsea right now. But right now it seems that the future is bright. This is going to be good in the long term.
Are we criticizing Potter too much? Everyone is harshly criticizing him as Chelsea's results are filled with disappointment for the fans. Maybe Potter needs time. If they enter next year under his management, maybe we can watch a different Chelsea. He can make more successful transfers and make the team better.
Graham Potter is reasonable to accept criticism at this time after failing to bring Chelsea to be in the top four and the defeat of the first leg in the champions league has made the public doubt Potter's capacity as a coach. Actually Potter have failed in Primer League after Chelsea dropped to 10th standing position and impossible thing with much money spent in window transfer but Chelsea can't back to the top standing position.
It looks like Graham Potter needs awareness of his current position with Chelsea, but proving he can qualify for the last 16 of the Champions League might be a bit of a consideration.
Potter will not be able to stay in Chelsea if he cannot take criticism. Because under the current situation, Chelsea fans are going to criticize him a lot. And by the looks of it, things are not going to improve till the new season comes around. So he has to take it like a man and do whatever he is supposed to.