As you’ll all be greater than conscious of by now, Chelsea shall be with out striker Armando Broja for a minimum of the remainder of this season after he suffered an ACL damage in a pleasant in opposition to Aston Villa on Sunday afternoon.
At first, we’re gutted for him and need him a speedy restoration. He’s a battler and I’m positive that he shall be again match and firing once more as quickly as he will be.
All focus has rightfully been on the horrific Broja damage this week, and the truth that Chelsea will now look to exchange him in January.
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We completely should do that, being brief on the bottom for strikers now. However equally, it’s simply as vital if no more vital, to nonetheless proceed with our plans to revamp the midfield and herald a midfielder for January who can function comfortably as a six.
The midfield revamp must occur. We glance more likely to lose each Jorginho and N’Golo Kante as free brokers in the summertime as of now, and we needs to be rebuilding our midfield, and I nonetheless consider we are going to.
Mateo Kovacic and Ruben Loftus-Cheek each have 2024 contracts and due to this fact unsure futures. Conor Gallagher appears to be appreciated by Graham Potter, however I consider he won’t be content material being a bit-part participant come the tip of the season and may ask to depart. And Mason Mount is but to pen a brand new deal (expectation is he’ll).
So while you take all of that under consideration, it’s clear that we have to add on the very least two new centre midfielders over the subsequent two home windows, and possibly even three.
The midfield is the engine room of any crew and it’s so vital to get that space proper, and it’s so vital that Chelsea maintain the give attention to that in addition to trying to find a brand new striker to exchange Broja.
Chelsea now have good specialists within the recruitment crew, so I’ve religion that we’ll tackle what we have to tackle in what seems like will probably be a reasonably hectic January for us!
