A former Chelsea player has explained what the club needs to do in the transfer market this summer, and he says it’s pretty clear.
I think there are quite a few Chelsea fans who would agree with this as it was mentioned many times last season by fans, former Blues players and other pundits.
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But former Chelsea player Frank Leboeuf believes the club need to bring in more backbone players this summer.
But as we know, that just doesn’t seem to be their strategy anymore and they mainly sign young top talents for the future. Some of these players could also be for the here and now, but many of them were a bit raw in their debut season last season.
Leboeuf explains what Chelsea needs
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“Nico Williams would be fantastic for Chelsea – but do you think he would go to Chelsea? They don’t have Champions League football,” Leboeuf said BoyleSports. “I follow La Liga and he has been brilliant for Bilbao all season. To put it his way, if I were Williams I would never go to Chelsea.
“I saw so many players move to Saudi Arabia and I lost respect for them – like Ruben Neves moving to Saudi Arabia at such a young age. I couldn’t have done that and it’s a similar situation to Nico Williams. So many big clubs want him and it would be strange if he moved to a club where they’re not playing in the elite European tournament.
“I am frustrated as a former Chelsea player. I still follow all my former clubs and especially Chelsea, because something special happened to me and the fans when I was at the club. My frustration is now turning into anger. Chelsea are changing managers, but they don’t think differently. I try to stay neutral, even when Chelsea are playing against Man United, but I have to be professional.
“Chelsea as a football club just doesn’t work and we’re becoming a laughing stock to other clubs. We live in the present and not the future, fans want results and I want results, I don’t want to wait four years to get them.
“We need to sign backbone players – look at what N’Golo Kante is doing at the Euros – it’s outrageous why we are getting rid of these players. We also got rid of Thiago Silva, who was our only experienced defender.
“We have talented players but they are far too young. There has to be a mix of youth and wisdom of experience and we don’t have that – that’s why we are good and then 15 minutes later we are terrible and this is the new normal.”
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