Chelsea are looking for a certain category of player this summer, according to the Athletic’s transfer explainer.
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The Athletic’s deal sheet is always full of the hottest gossip from the week, and as usual there’s a lot for Chelsea fans to digest in each edition.
This time the focus is on the type of player that Chelsea will look to sign, with Simon Johnson outlining the change in tack from the sporting directors.
He points out they want “emotionally mature” players who can balance out the awful mindset that plagued the group this year. A third year at the bottom of the Premier League ta
Chelsea looking at a higher category of player this summer
“Chelsea are looking at players who are ready-made starters,” Johnson explains.
“It is not a case of signing someone older, necessarily, but an individual who is accustomed to the pressures of a busy fixture schedule as well as performing at a high level.”
It’s a nice way of trying to convince fans that things can improve rapidly, in the space of one window. But nobody is going to be too excited until they see the calibre of playing who is landed.
In other news…
Estevao has gained five kilos in his time in England as he looks to bulk up for the rigours of the Premier League.
The World Cup is always a great stage for players to shine on, and several Blues will want to impress new manager Xabi Alonso as much a possible.
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