I think the family side is reasonably important. There is a large(ish) Albanian contingent in Southampton (might be relatives). What exactly are Chelsea offering by way of first team football? If it’s just a “come back and fight for first team football” that might sway things a little in our favour as he is guaranteed that with us. He maybe regretting signing that 5 year contract so recently as his trajectory is probably now rising quicker than he imagined and that in no small part is down to SFC (and obviously himself with the work he puts in).
anyway just my early sat morning musings.