Under-fire Chelsea boss, Jose Mourinho is planning to offload four of his major players that won the English Premier League title for him last season.
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The Portuguese knows he’s under the cosh to turn the club’s dire form around.
Chelsea fans in the Transfer Tavern are discussing a shock piece of gossip that’s emerged this weekend, that suggests the Blues want to offload one of their fan favourites in January.
The snarling beast of last season has remained just that, but he is now severely lacking when it comes to goals.
“The games that are coming up may be a few of the most important for us in the season, in terms of the psychology of the moment”.
Their ability to attract a top manager (in case the decision to replace Mourinho is taken) and top players next season will be diminished without Champions League football.
Not many strikers manage 20 Premier League goals in their debut season, especially when they have missed as much time through injury and suspension as Costa did.
Branislav Ivanovic admits Chelsea are approaching crunch time.
Chelsea’s midfield formula has been without balance or poise this season, with Nemanja Matic also desperately struggling for form. Right now Fabregas is not the man to do that, having merely been a short term solution to an age old Chelsea problem.
Statwise, Diego Costa has not been performing well for Chelsea. They have been extremely consistent in the Champions League in the last decade or so, making it to 5 semi-finals and 2 finals since 2003.
During Chelsea’s title-winning 2004-05 season, Mourinho’s side conceded just 15 goals in 38 games.
Kurt Zouma has everything to become one of the very best, but he’s young and needs John Terry alongside him to talk, organise and read the game.
Cesc hit the ground running and racked up assists in the first half of the 2014/15 season. The players too have shown low spirits as their season has gone from bad to worse.
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I was once in a failing Real Sociedad side, but a striker with a hunger to score goals finds a way to get themselves in positions that will allow them to score, even if their team are struggling.
