It seems absolutely mental to say it, but for a club that just spent over 600m in a single season, they need to sign a few players to make this squad serviceable.
Their midfield is shite. Kante is half the player he was, and the other half is injured. Enzo has been good but not nearly as great as suggested. RLC just isn’t top level. Kovacic looks like he needs to leave for a new challenge. Mount has had a terrible season and will probably leave and do well elsewhere. So who do they actually have to start in midfield next year, reliably? Enzo? Gallagher should leave, he hasn’t fit there at all. Maybe under Poch he’ll play the Delle Allí role? Zakaria is on loan I believe and will go back, and Chukuwumeka is just, sort of, there…..
For all the money spent on the defence, it’s still pretty shite. James is always injured, azpi is over the hill. Chilwell is good, but 65m Cucu is pretty poor. KK has been horrible and at his age I doubt he will get better. Silva is their best defender and he’s nearly 40. Badiashile is too soon to tell, could be great eventually. Fofana doesn’t look the same player after all his injuries. Is mainly potential. Not a group that inspires confidence.
Forwards are a hot mess. There are so many of them. Mudryk cost a fortune but looks so, so raw. Think it was too early for him to move to a top club. Fofana should probably go out on loan. Sterling has declined a lot and is on massive wages. Felix won’t come back. Obama’sWang is finished as a top level footballer. More massive wages. Pulisic is, and has always been, shite. Ziyech surplus to requirements. Never top level. Broja is coming back from serious injury. Havertz is classy but couldn’t hit a barn door. Lukaku is fat, lazy, clumsy, and useless. CHO will leave, never recovered from his Achilles tear. Madueke has lots of potential, but still doesn’t look top class in the making, jury is out on him. Nkunku is coming in and as with all signings from the BL, it’s better to wait and see before saying anything.
Never, ever have I seen a team spend so much, and assemble such a hodge lodge of shit in all my life. I am sure some of them will come good, but it’s not like anyone they’ve signed excites you thinking that they are a potential super star in the making. None of them look like they have that IT factor. It’s an amazingly average squad, and it’s the most expensively assembled in history I think. Madness. I have no idea where the goals are going to come from.
So a team that finished 3rd last season, spent 600m and went through 3 managers, and now has a worse squad and a worse manager than at the start. Genius. And with all that money spent, they still need to not only sell, loan release about 10 first team players, but they need to strengthen the entire spine of the team. A top class CB, CM, and CF are all needed. Arguably a GK too.
Boehly’s leadership should be a case study in ignorance, incompetence, and hubris.
