Hyakkimaru
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#Napoli and #Newcastle have asked info for #Chelsea’s centre-back Benoit #Badiashile, who is not in Xabi #Alonso’s Plans and is ready to leave #CFC this summer. #transfers
So after rewatching and although this is the principle Xabi is going for. There is something even quite surprising or unique that Xabi is trying to achieve shape wise. Were actually playing a 4-3-3 in Xabi's way, still with inverted CBs and Fullbacks. But the reason Palmer is on the right is because hes a Right sided 8. Nicol- Jazuli is a more withdrawn left sided 8. That's why Palmer hardly occupied the left half space like a normal 3-2-5 shape would under Maresca, since Palestra was already providing width and Estevao was on the inside right pocket. Thats why Palmer dropped so deep to receive the ball too in build up. This is interesting as weve probably not seen it like this at Chelsea in a long long time. This is Xabi's finger print there. Makes Palmer have more runners and get involved in build up to but he has the freedom to go to either side too. Mini Thread 🧵
🚨 Nous sommes le 30 juillet, ET CHELSEA A DÉJÀ CLAQUÉ ENVIRON 342M€ LORS DE CE MERCATO !!!! 💰💙 ✅ Morgan Rogers 🏴 : 138 M€ ✅ Maxence Lacroix 🇫🇷 : 60 M€ ✅ Marco Palestra 🇮🇹 : 57 M€ ✅ Geovany Quenda 🇵🇹 : 50 M€ ✅ Emmanuel Emegha 🇳🇱 : 25 M€ ✅ Alves Denner 🇧🇷 : 10 M€ ✅ Dastan Satpaev 🇰🇿 : 2,4 M€ ⏳ Valentin Barco 🇦🇷 ⏳ Jordan Henderson 🏴 ⏳ Danny Welbeck 🏴
How I hope our squad ends up looking by the end of the window. You can tinker with who starts and who goes where but this would certainly be enough to get top 4 and potentially push for the league. Question marks are: 🔹Is Penders good enough to be number 1 🔹Is the defence sound enough 🔹Does Josh need a loan 🔹Would Caicedo and Scott/Wharton work 🔹Do we need a more defensive minded midfielder in case Caicedo gets injured? On paper I would be delighted with this squad. Would take a minor miracle for this to happen and multiple outgoings. Whether it materialises, who knows.
