Chelsea have tried - oh how they have tried - buying youth and it's just not worked. Now they are back to buying experience in Sterling and Koulibaly and it might just work.
Chelsea are signing experience and that makes sense given their poor record of signing potential and their need to keep up in the Premier League…in an emotional farewell to Manchester City as he flew out to join his new club Chelsea, who have changed their transfer strategy from Boyz II Men this summer as they attempt to keep pace with Manchester City and Liverpool in the Premier League.
After seasons of stockpiling potential, which in the main has failed to come up trumps, Chelsea are targeting players better equipped to adapt to a new environment through their experiences on and off the field. Todd Boehly and Thomas Tuchel are building a squad to challenge now, not in two or three years’ time, and news of these arrivals should be music to the ears of Chelsea fans and those who want more than a two-way race for the title.challenge.
The experience of these new additions increases the pressure on everyone, as the time for bedding-in is significantly reduced. Sterling, Ake and Koulibaly need to hit the ground running, and Tuchel will be just as culpable as those players to ensure that happens. And happily, their arrival could spark some jeopardy as the underperforming players attempt to raise their games to meet a newly raised bar.
In the last eight seasons, of the 18 first-team players under the age of 25 signed by Chelsea, only two of them – Antonio Rudiger and Marcos Alonso – have been unquestionable successes, with Kai Havertz and Ben Chilwell’s worth still yet to be fully apparent. In that time, Chelsea have also signed Cesc Fabregas, Diego Costa, Pedro, N’Golo Kante, David Luiz, Jorginho, Mateo Kovacic, Thiago Silva and Edouard Mendy, all of whom were 25 or older when they joined.
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