Chelsea must sign Paulo Dybala while allowing Cesc Fabregas to leave
Chelsea are reportedly closing in on their first signing of the summer, but they should try to bring Paulo Dybala to Stamford Bridge as well.
With the news arising that Chelsea FC have finally broken their transfer duct with the signing of Belgian wonderkid Michy Batshuayi, it is perhaps time for us to examine which additional players Chelsea should sign and which they should possibly let seek greener pastures in far flung destinations like China. I’ll do you all the favor of leaving Radja Nainggolan out of the picture because every sensible person understands that Chelsea need him in the midfield.
Chelsea only ever seem to have one type of striker on the books: a commanding, physical leader of the line who uses their physical presence to assault opposing defenses. With Batshuayi that trend is apparently continuing in the same vain. Batshuayi is most often compared with Didier Drogba (keep your pants on) and though he is far shorter than his Ivorian counterpart their styles of play are known to be very similar.
The issue with that is that Diego Costa plays in a physical and direct manner as well. When using a two striker system it is generally thought that the best method is a ying and yang approach. They need to be different from one another and yet mesh together into one terrifying goal scoring organism.
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No one talks about him but the player that I would like Chelsea to sign the most is Paulo Dybala. The young Argentine had a phenomenal year at Juventus and is often compared to Sergio Aguero for his style of play.
Think about that and then clean the drool up from in front of you.
Dybala is a creator as much as he is a goal scorer and that is important. Dybala’s tendency is to drift into pockets of space and then with his guile and footwork draw defenders onto him. When they are then forced into action against him he releases his strike partner on goal. Imagine that Dybala-Costa/Batshuayi sling shot in effect all the way through next season.
While we’re at it why don’t I discuss a player that I think Chelsea should do without next season. Cesc Fabregas. Chelsea should sell Cesc Fabregas to some team in the far east. If Hulk was able to fetch a fee of €58 million then Cesc should easily fetch €55-75 million depending if it is Marina Granovskaia or Michael Emenalo who handles the negotiation.
Let us gather together in prayer that it is the former and not the ever befuddled Emenalo who handles it.
Cesc only ever plays half the game. New signings literally have to watch after him (see Nemanja Matic) and it is as if the notion of defending is a foreign language to him on most days.
In my opinion, he is a constant reminder of the soft and spineless nature of the post-Vieira Arsenal.
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Let me remind you again also that Barcelona twice decided to let Cesc go. They had him as a child and decided to let him go. Then, even after the trouble of a two-year transfer saga, they moved him on again because the embarrassment of that was better than him actually playing.