“Don’t sell him and win titles next season” “He’s Chelsea engine” – Chelsea warned to keep 24-years-old Chelsea key player

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“Don’t sell him and win titles next season” “He’s Chelsea engine” – Chelsea warned to keep 24-years-old Chelsea key player

Before Chelsea’s match against Brighton last night, they examined the season as a whole on Sky Sports today.

The conversation was presented positively, emphasizing that the Blues have made significant progress this season, despite some terrible outcomes like the 5-0 loss to Arsenal that have soured the mood. As Dougie Critchley pointed out, we’ve been competitive all season long based on the fundamental statistics; it was only a matter of terribly poor finishing and a few defensive blunders that cost us crucial first-half points.

We started off poorly, losing seven of our first sixteen games, but despite a general lack of consistency across the squad, we have made significant progress since then.

His point is that if you extrapolate out the last 20 games, Chelsea are actually doing pretty well. They don’t need to improve a huge amount in the summer, just gain some consistency. Key to that, he says, is keeping Conor Gallagher.

“If they can keep this momentum, going into the summer, don’t lose too many key player – I’m looking at you Conor Gallagher – add one or two, we could be looking at a top 4 finish next season,” one pundit commented.

It’s easier said than done, but we do expect some level of consistency to develop naturally in this group as they gain experience. There’s also plenty of talent already on the books still to be unlocked. Keeping Gallagher and adding 2 or 3 top tier players would be more than enough to provide a top 4 challenging squad.

But that’s easier said than done of course – he’s not yet signed a new contract, and adding top tier players is remarkably difficult unless you’re willing to pay £100m for them (and even then, it’s no guarantee of anything.)