Now that the switch window is lastly shut, Enzo Maresca can settle at Chelsea along with his squad and loosen up on the insanity of incomings and outgoings till atleast January.
The Blues have already generated 11 “massive possibilities” of their opening three Premier League fixtures, 5 of which got here towards Crystal Palace of their latest 1-1 draw. The dearth of medical ending continues to be a scorching subject across the membership in latest instances.
Present striker, Nicolas Jackson made 44 appearances for Chelsea in all competitions final season, scoring 17 objectives, offering six assists, and totalling 3,534 minutes performed however they might have signed an improve.
The Victor Osimhen switch saga
Fabrizio Romano confirmed on switch deadline day that talks between Victor Osimhen and Chelsea had damaged down within the ultimate hours, stopping a transfer to Stamford Bridge for the Nigerian striker.
The 25-year-old has now agreed to a mortgage transfer to Galatasaray, which additionally included a contract negotiation with Napoli, to decrease his launch clause ought to one other staff strategy him in January.
Osimhen made 32 appearances in all competitions for Napoli final season, scoring 17 objectives and offering 4 assists in 2,476 minutes performed.
So, who will the membership flip to subsequent? How they need they’d a star of the previous to resolve their offensive woes, somebody who Osimhen has coincidentally been in comparison with in his profession.
How Didier Drogba would work in Maresca’s system
Described as a “massive recreation participant” and a “fighter” by José Mourinho, Didier Drogba – Osimhen’s idol – can be the right reply to Chelsea’s striker woes within the present state.
Drogba joined Chelsea in 2004, spending eight years on the membership, earlier than leaving in 2012, and rejoining for the 2014/15 marketing campaign, as his final hurrah in a Chelsea shirt. The Ivorian striker made 381 appearances for the Blues, scoring 164 objectives and offering 88 assists.
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Didier Drogba G/A seasons (Premier League) |
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Season |
Objectives |
Assists |
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2004/05 |
10 |
5 |
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2005/06 |
12 |
15 |
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2006/07 |
20 |
4 |
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2007/08 |
8 |
6 |
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2008/09 |
5 |
4 |
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2009/10 |
29 |
13 |
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2010/11 |
11 |
15 |
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2011/12 |
5 |
1 |
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2014/15 |
4 |
1 |
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Stats taken from Transfermarkt |
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Drogba is a large title in English soccer, being an enormous a part of a Chelsea core group that gained a number of Premier League titles, and a Champions League in 2012.
Nevertheless, it wasn’t his aim document that made him actually stand out, it was his all-round recreation, and the way he may supply totally different attributes to the facet.
The Chelsea legend was identified for stepping up in massive moments, enjoying in ten finals and scoring in seven of these large matches. Not solely that, however standing at 6 foot 2, Drogba was aerially dominant, while having the technical potential to drop in and hyperlink play.
That actually sounds a bit like Osimhen, would not it?
His widespread set of abilities allowed him to be a tactical instrument for his managers, holding up the ball to bully defenders and rating objectives, getting on the top of crosses, but in addition dropping deep to hyperlink play when wanted.
That is the precise striker Maresca is in search of, somebody who would repair all of Chelsea’s issues, not solely with medical ending, however field presence, link-up play, and aerial prowess, a combination of the instruments each Jackson and Osimhen would have given the Stamford Bridge outfit had they been paired collectively.
