Chelsea’s hunt for a striker this summer is a big story at this point. We’ve heard about it from all the major sources already.
Fabrizio Romano has said we’re ready to spend “important money” and we don’t doubt it. It’s been something we’ve missed for a long time.
But according to Lyall Thomas, our plans have shifted this season as we’ve seen main option Nicolas Jackson make major strides:
“Chelsea have been pleased with the progress of Nicolas Jackson this season and now appear to be targeting a younger deputy for competition, rather than spending big on a new elite first-choice striker,” Thomas wrote.
“Their two sporting directors, Paul Winstanley and Laurence Stewart, have continued to look at younger options and are believed to be keen on the likes of Benjamin Sesko, Liam Delap and Jonathan David as we head into final leg of the season.”
That confirms what we thought ourselves from observing the team this season – rather than go for a world class number 9 as we did last summer, we’ve shifted gears and now want a player to complement and supplement Jackson rather than look to replace him.
Chelsea’s new striker strategy
That’s why, as Manchester United and Arsenal have appeared to close in on the likes of Viktor Gyokeres and Victor Osimhen, we seem to have pivoted to the likes of Delap and Sesko – younger and hopefully cheaper, with plenty of upside.
There will a strong and perfectly valid answer that we should still pursue a proven top goalscorer rather than continue to hunt for young talent. Really it will come down to how much you rate Nicolas Jackson more than anything.
But as we saw when we signed Romelu Lukaku, there are no guarantees, even when you sign a “proven” player.
Please kindly stop this ideology of a Young star after getting a Spanish that is injured and selling others. We need Jackson update. Champions league is for the champions not enthusiast. Get us Osimen now that you are lucky to have a world star that is available and stop this striker madness!
Get all the crop Left wingers. Bring in Nigeria lookman and have a result.
Fans base watch football too and they study the team too.
My suggestion.
Get all the wingers including nkuku out.
Wingers department in:
Neto,Madueke,Palmer,William, George ✓
Strikers
Osimhen, Jackson, and(our young Spanish polish striker still on injury).✓
Middle
Enzo, caicedo, santos, and “young new signing” and lavia without pressure to recover ✓
Kerkez,
cucurella,
cowil,
James,
Gusto
Tosin,
chalovah( I love is play),
….a good signing to replace fofana and compete with chalovah.(his injury is extensively without any offer to compare to James)
Sell all the French defenders including fofana. The fee is expensive to be in rehabilitation for a whole lot. They are not offering anything. They should leave. (Bad business)
Goal keeping
Few games I’m beginning to have faith with
Our no 1.
Let the two keeper remain. Good defensive midfield and defense determine good goal keeping.