“Make these two signings and start winning trophies” – Paul Merson tells Pochettino after recent form
All season long, Paul Merson has had it right. He emphasized the advantages when Chelsea was being criticized. They look fine all of a sudden, and he’s not going overboard.
He supported us for surprise victories when everyone expected us to lose, and he exposed the crazy project the club was working on before other commentators were ready to.
Having said that, we were excited to read his Monday column on Sky Sports because we’re interested to know what he thinks of our little comeback and our chances for the upcoming season. It was not let down:
“Chelsea haven’t been consistent enough… They’re doing well at the moment, fair play, and they’re right in the race for Europe. They’ve got into a final, a semi-final… and it could turn out to still be not a bad season,” the former Arsenal defender wrote.
“But they’ll have to go and buy players, and not sit and think that they got it right all along. No, they haven’t. They’re miles off Man City and Arsenal. You’ve got to look at the all-round picture… They probably need an experienced centre-half to take Thiago Silva’s place, and they could do with another centre-forward too.”
Much to consider
Chelsea fans would agree with Merson, by and large. It’s been a bad season which wasn’t far off being good.
Football is like that sometimes. But he’s also right in zooming in on what’s needed this summer. Nicolas Jackson has impressed everyone but the fastest way to improve this team would be to sign a really good to striker to work with him.
As Merson points out, losing Thiago Silva is going to be a blow on and off the pitch, and replacing him is perhaps the most delicate task for the sporting directors. It will be very interesting to see what direction they take.