Tactics and Transfers: Chelsea congratulations and future plans

The Blues’ deep squad proved to be very useful to Thomas Tuchel towards the end of the season when the injuries started to pile up as quickly as the fixtures did. A huge amount of Chelsea’s players are going to want out and the club is going to want to balance the squad a little more as well.

This summer will likely show an extension of the Coronavirus impacted economics that Chelsea was able to benefit from last summer. They should make the most out of it with highly structured deals with loan backs for high potential players from clubs who are financially struggling. It will allow the Blues to thin the herd at home while also making the most of the financial situation moving forward.

The Blues have no need for three left wingbacks and five center backs with the same playing style.  They’re likely going to need more firepower to accompany Werner or even at times replace him next season so that he can get a little bit more rest and carry less weight. The true key though will be in midfield where the Blues lack a player who can actually unlock the door moving forward.

This will be an unpopular opinion but neither Jorginho or Kovacic are the right player for that position besides Kante in the midfield. Billy Gilmour represents a strong play for the future but as Kante ages, I see the young Scot replacing him and not his partner.

Kovacic, though wonderful on the ball, carries no goal threat and rarely passes the ball vertically. He even at times kills attacking moves going forward because he spends too long with the ball at his feet. Jorginho is similar though his issue is speed or a lack thereof and a too cautious approach to moving the ball forward. Both players spend too much time horizontally moving the ball back and forth and not enough getting their heads up and creating attacks.

Kante is the best midfielder in the world so he’s not the one who can be replaced in a desire to create more attacking play and thus it has to be one of those two.

Jorginho should be sold while he still has the value that he has represented. He has proven many wrong and shown what a good player he actually is during this run-in but it’s time for Chelsea to get the value they can and make the improvements necessary. Kovacic should stay and be given another season to build on his talents but time and time again it becomes apparent why the better passing Modric was always ahead of him at Real Madrid.