Chelsea are set to appoint Willie Isa to a new role at the club after he announced his retirement from rugby league last month.
The Blues are in danger of seeing their season fall apart after being dumped out of the FA Cup by Brighton on Saturday evening.
Enzo Maresca’s men still sit fourth in the league, but their only chance of silverware is now the Conference League.
Chelsea set to hand Isa shock role
Many fans were unhappy with Maresca’s comments after the FA Cup exit, and there have been questions about Chelsea’s mentality recently.
There’s no doubt the Blues have got a squad full of talent, but it does lack experience, leadership and a winning culture.
Very few in the squad have tasted success in the game, and it’s clear the club are struggling to create a winning mindset and mentality.
Leadership is also an issue, with Maresca calling out captain Reece James earlier in the season, but according to Mail Sport the Blues are set to make a surprise appointment to try and solve these issues.
The report states Chelsea are set to appoint rugby league star Isa as a player support and development officer, and he will have a range of responsibilities at the club.
Mail Sport add that Isa is known for his leadership skills, and his role will be dedicated mainly to player co-ordination around training and match days, with the Blues looking to grow support for players across all the club’s teams.
Quite what difference this makes remains to be seen, and the last time Chelsea tried something similar was when they hired former New Zealand mental skills coach Gilbert Enoka.
At this point the Blues need all the help they can get in terms of leadership and winning mentality, but fans would argue the club could just sign some players who possess those characteristics.
Me am uneducated person,but i can coach Chelsea more than the way Maresca is coaching,i wish Chelsea would have brought back Frank Lampard as a manager instead of Jackson’s father,Chelsea is bigger than Leicester,so as a wise coach should know that a big club needs high class striker like Osimhen.Maresca knows where the problem is.but for us as fans we don’t what’s wrong with him.january transfer window went off and Chelsea board was there,instead of strenthening the vacant positions,all of them they were enjoying their ladies,as if they dont know the meaning of the word transfer.now how fake Chelsea board is.both Maresca and his son Jackson are supposed to polish the shoes of Palmer AND Pedro Neto.Pochetino whould have bought toilet papers and teeth brush instead of Jackson and Sanchez.I LOVE YOU MY FANS MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL