Chelsea must remember leadership balance this summer – Talk Chelsea

I actually imagine within the significance of expertise and management, and that’s the reason I feel we must be a little bit bit versatile in our recruitment going ahead.

But in addition, expertise and management doesn’t at all times imply a participant of their early 30s. I feel steadiness is essential, as at all times.

Simply have a look at Thiago Silva for a primary instance of how necessary expertise is for this Chelsea workforce. We’re constructing a younger workforce and wish to get the common age down, that’s improbable, and I’m all for that. However we’d like an skilled backbone of the workforce, and never having Thiago Silva in our workforce on Saturday after we lost to Southampton, and the way a lot we digressed from our Dortmund efficiency, as soon as once more simply proves to me how necessary it’s to have some skilled gamers down the backbone of our workforce and our rebuild. Thiago may not at all times be essentially the most vocal when it comes to shouting, however he’s at all times organising the entire workforce all via the sport.

We’re reportedly trying to signal two precedence gamers in two positions come the summer season at the least, one within the midfield, and one up prime. I feel it’s crucial that each profiles that are available in are usually not solely skilled, however good skilled gamers who carry and supply management. We have to construct our younger workforce round one or two extra skilled heads. However as I say, that doesn’t imply these gamers must be 30-years-old.

Many followers need Declan Rice at Chelsea. He’s simply 24-years-old but already FULL of expertise and management. His mentality is precisely what we’d like in the midst of the park. However not solely that, his profile and attributes are EXACTLY what Enzo Fernandez wants alongside him.

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We desperately nonetheless want a defensive midfielder, and Rice brings every part we’d like in in his profile, most significantly a powerful mentality, expertise, and management within the dressing room and on the pitch. He brings basic management and never simply main by instance.

However I additionally suppose that we must be concentrating on a profile in assault that could be very comparable. I’d even be comfortable to go a little bit older if we have to. We’ve Armando Broja who I’ve a number of perception in, why not usher in an skilled striker for him to study from and rotate with?

We’re additionally reportedly taking a look at a brand new goalkeeper in the summertime, so that is THE backbone of the workforce and one thing we absolutely must get proper. The backbone is SO necessary. If we signal three gamers with sturdy mentalities and expertise in these three positions, that may go a really lengthy approach to complimenting the highest younger abilities we’ve got already signed.

I’m all for trusting the youth and bringing the common age of the squad proper down, however I additionally really feel we’d like good steadiness and leaders within the backbone of our workforce. We will tackle that this summer season and signal good.