Chelsea have lacked targets and purpose scorers just lately, that has been clear to see. And a few even debate that we lack a real quantity 9, particularly with the Pierre Emerick Aubameyang state of affairs. And to be trustworthy, it’s a a little bit of a priority.
Fabrizio Romano addressed it completely this morning actually.
“I believe it’s not stunning that Chelsea will discover marketplace for new striker, Aubameyang will go away and so they solely have Broja,” Romano mentioned.
“Nkunku shouldn’t be a quantity 9, he’s most likely going to play behind the striker. However it’s not too early to know for certain what selections Chelsea will make on who’s going to be the precise candidate.”
He’s bang on as effectively. However ought to this have even been addressed in January? I believe it may need gone a bit ignored as a result of Enzo Fernandez pleasure and insanity. However maybe we do/did want one. Midfield was at all times rightly a precedence and I again that.
On the opposite facet of that, we nonetheless collectively as a staff don’t take sufficient pictures. We constantly attempt to cross it into the web. This was one of many many causes that Enzo Fernandez was so refreshing on his debut, he really takes pictures and is an effective finisher.
Whether or not that is one thing that must be coached or whether or not it’s in a participant’s thoughts, is up for debate. However it’s most likely a little bit of each.
What does give me some confidence although is the early indicators we noticed from Joao Felix. This boy was hitting pictures regardless on his debut, and he was very unfortunate to not rating.
I haven’t seen a Chelsea participant take this many pictures for years. He was a breathe of contemporary air and possibly he will be our reply to the dearth of a real quantity 9, at the least in a goalscoring sense.
After all, Felix shouldn’t be a 9 both. However possibly if he’s enjoying he can at the least get nearer to Kai Havertz and take among the burden off him as a lone 9.
However I do consider we’d find yourself regretting not getting a real quantity 9.
There’s one factor you may assume I’m forgetting right here, and that’s the addition of David Datro Fofana. Granted, he’s proven some good indicators, and possibly the membership have simply put their belief in him to be that quantity 9? Perhaps we glance again at this in a month or so and marvel why we had been even debating not signing a quantity 9.
Let’s hope that does play out to be the situation. However it’s additionally clear he’s nonetheless uncooked, so it’s a danger. Let’s hope although, that between him and Felix, it’s a danger we don’t find yourself actually regretting.
