I’ve written articles not too long ago talking about our naive recruitment and the truth that now we have ignored confirmed high quality and expertise in our squad construct, one thing that SO many different followers, pundits, professionals, former gamers, and former Chels have additionally highlighted lots.
This has drawn a lot consideration {that a} #ChangeTheModel motion was began by Chelsea followers this week too. And this motion is principally saying the identical because the above and the under….
Nevertheless, are Chelsea’s determination makers lastly coming round and can they tackle this difficulty in the summertime? If the newest hearsay is something to go by, maybe they’re…
Florian Plettenburg of Sky Germany reported on Wednesday this week that Chelsea are as soon as once more monitoring Ivan Toney from Brentford forward of a attainable transfer to signal him this summer time. He additionally says that his charge will likely be round £30m-£40m.
So if Chelsea are curious about Toney once more, possibly they’re realising they want extra confirmed expertise?
This reassures me and offers me hope, not simply because I’m a fan of Toney and would price the signing if we did handle to deliver him in, however purely as a result of it will imply now we have put this daft under-25 rule to mattress and we are literally taking a look at addressing our most urgent difficulty on this squad.
Like I stated, I price Toney, and I truly assume his profile is without doubt one of the most suited profiles out of all of the strikers linked to what we want. We want a link-up striker, one who can be a goal, is aware of the place the online is, and has as high mentality, confidence, and expertise of enjoying on this league.
This transfer at this value could be supported and favored by the vast majority of the Chelsea fan base, a minimum of I feel it will, I don’t like to talk for the entire fanbase.
Toney has solely been concerned in 13 video games for relegation battling Brentford this season and he has provide you with a purpose involvement in nearly half of these recreation. He’s scored 4, and received 1 help. In the event you add his England purpose then he has 5 targets and 1 help in 14 appearances since coming back from his ban this season. Think about if he was put in a extra attacking crew like Chelsea, with the quantity of possibilities we create (often – not all the time), and the way we favor to play on the entrance foot. Even our counter attacking chaotic type at occasions would swimsuit Toney. I’ve little question he would rating double the quantity of targets if he’s in a greater crew.
Toney is an actual centre ahead and performs in the same method to Harry Kane by way of how he drops in to become involved in construct up as effectively, creating house and room in behind for gamers with tempo akin to maybe Nicolas Jackson if he performed as a large striker, Mykhailo Mudryk along with his tempo, or Noni Madueke who can be direct and on the entrance foot, to use. Cole Palmer and Enzo Fernandez’s imaginative and prescient would have a discipline day with somebody like Toney to goal for, and Malo Gusto and Reece James would even have somebody to select on crosses. When we have to go lengthy from the again, Toney is sweet at hold-up play too.
He additionally has one factor in his thoughts, and that’s to attain targets. Within the Premier League this season, he’s taking an unbelievable 3 photographs per recreation. It’s unbelievable as a result of it’s for a crew like Brentford, who’re largely underneath the cosh reasonably than attacking. He’s additionally profitable a powerful 3.6 aerial duels per recreation.
Evaluating that to Jackson, who has 12 targets and three assists in 41 appearances in all competitions (home and worldwide) to this point this season, and general is taking simply 1.9 photographs per recreation and profitable simply 0.9 aerial duels per recreation, you possibly can see what we’re fully lacking by not having the profile of somebody like Toney.
Is Toney excellent? Nope. Are any of our choices out there excellent? Nope. Each signing is a danger. I simply assume it’s essential to cut back that danger as a lot as attainable by signing somebody who’s confirmed and filled with self-confidence. I don’t wish to preserve speaking about how somebody is enjoying badly as a result of they’re a ‘confidence participant’ – how about simply cease signing confidence gamers!? Make no doubts, whether or not they may settle right here or not, and signing somebody with PL expertise goes alongside method to lowering that doubt.
I’m actually not Toney or no person, and I’m completely open to different choices and could be proud of different choices too. However I’d even be very completely happy if we managed to get Toney this summer time for round £40m (I feel it is likely to be a contact greater than that although, particularly if different golf equipment are available in too).
He’s 28-years-old, an England worldwide, luggage of confirmed goalscoring expertise, and he has management and captaincy expertise, which is definitely most likely crucial factor we have to herald that I haven’t even talked about.
He ticks SO many packing containers. Get it carried out.
