We’re nonetheless within the afterglow of a fantastic Champions League win for Chelsea final evening, however there are different issues to consider too.
The switch window is about to shut, and to date there’s been nearly no motion from the Blues. Matt Regulation’s newest piece for explains extra.
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Rosenior’s Champions League choice sends a message
Jeremy Jacquet enjoying for Rennes.
Our prime goal this month was fairly clearly Jeremy Jacquet, however that path has gone icy chilly.
Regulation says that the 20 12 months previous has been “recognized as Chelsea’s prime defensive goal,” and that his membership Rennes and the Blues “will maintain extra talks by means of the weekend” to try to discover a breakthrough.
The French membership have proposed a deal the place we might signal Jacquet and mortgage him again till the summer season. That doesn’t actually assist Chelsea, who need the ball enjoying central defender of their squad proper now. Additionally they need to defer spending the massive switch charge till the summer season if doable, so spending now and never getting the participant till the summer season fails on two counts.
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Regulation thinks that Liam Rosenior’s choice to play a again three with one central defender final evening sends a message that he’s not pleased with the model of centre-backs accessible to him proper now.
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