Jamie Gittens might have a tougher time breaking into the Chelsea lineup next season, especially after the club’s approach for Geovany Quenda. It’s been a difficult spell for Gittens since arriving at Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea take on Wrexham in the FA Cup tonight, and we’re predicting a strong team to be put out by Liam Rosenior. It’s the FA Cup fifth round, and Chelsea are now one game from another quarter final in the historic competition.
Liam Delap is likely to get a start this evening in the FA Cup, and will hope to impress as he did against Hull City in the last round. Chelsea are likely to play a strong team to face Wrexham this evening, but there will be some tweaks.
Former Premier League goalkeeper Tim Howard has made a bold claim that Cole Palmer is Chelsea’s new Mohamed Salah. Salah is one of the best players to ever play in the Premier League, but things didn’t go to plan for him during his time at Chelsea.
Liam Rosenior feels Filip Jorgensen is more comfortable than Robert Sanchez at coming out of his box more often according to Ben Jacobs. Sanchez has had a very good season to date, but after a poor performance in last weekend’s defeat against Arsenal he was surprisingly dropped for the win against Aston Villa.
Chelsea want a “central versatile attacker” this summer with Morgan Rogers the name being heard according to Ben Jacobs. The Blues totally revamped their frontline with five attacking signings last summer, but it’s clear they are looking for more.
Former Premier League footballer Stan Collymore has said Alejandro Garnacho is the best winger he’s watched live this season, and claimed Chelsea can challenge Arsenal for the title next season.
Liam Rosenior has revealed Liam Delap will have opportunities to play in big games, and is confident he’ll make the most of them. Delap has struggled following his £30m move from Ipswich last summer, and has scored two goals in 27 appearances in all competitions.
Joao Pedro has been in hot form since Liam Rosenior was appointed, and the coach was asked today about what he’d done to help that. After the win over Aston Villa on Tuesday, which saw Joao Pedro score three goals, Liam Rosenior mentioned that he and his staff had been working on some positioning ideas with the Brazilian striker in training.
Liam Rosenior has confirmed Jamie Gittens is “really close” to a return after a spell on the sidelines with a hamstring injury. Gittens went off in the first half of the 3-2 win against West Ham last month, and has missed the last five Premier League games.
Gary Lineker believes Chelsea didn’t originally sign Joao Pedro thinking he was a striker, and have changed the position they imagined him featuring in.
Nicolas Jackson’s future at Bayern Munich is not yet decided according to a report today – we’re not convinced. The Sun have just put out a piece referring to their sources close to Nicolas Jackson, the Chelsea striker on loan at Bayern Munich.