“Drop Ziyech and start our best player” – Former Chelsea player warns Tuchel to start 20-year-old star against West Ham
Jason Cundy, a former Chelsea defender, was upset with Chelsea’s performance in the 2-1 loss to Southampton.
Chelsea had opened the scoring, but they were defeated 2-1 by the Saints.
Hakim Ziyech’s performance was criticized by Cundy, who asserted that Armando Broja is presently Chelsea’s top striker.
Cundy told talkSPORT: “Right now, the transfer window is still open, there’s a lot of knee-jerk reaction about who’s going to do what and who’s going to do this in the season, right now I feel a little bit beaten.”
“When the window shuts and we’re 10 games in, when the European competitions start and we start to get into it and the World Cup comes around, it will level out. Right now, we’re not good enough. There’s no getting away from it, we’re not good enough.
“But you look at some of the players that started tonight – if everyone’s fit and everyone’s playing – there are some players starting tonight that wouldn’t [normally] start… Ziyech, don’t start, he ain’t good enough.
“Right now we’re in a hole, there’s cause for concern. We’re in a bit of a sticky situation.
“Broja, can I just say how brilliant he looked when he came on. Broja’s got to start at centre forward, a proper centre forward. I don’t mind Havertz, he won the Champions League for us, but Broja’s got to start.
“If Chelsea had a striker, a focal point for 90 minutes and did the work that he [Che Adams] done, I would say Chelsea would be a different team.
“Our best player tonight was Broja, it may not be acceptable but it’s true. It’s hard to say it, do I want to say that someone who came off our bench was Chelsea’s best player?”