Chelsea supporters may have been confused when the team news fell for the match against Brentford on Sunday because several stars were excluded from the team.
Although the blues are no longer in action before Thursday, against Legia Warsaw, Enzo Maresca left Marc Cucurella, Cole Palmer, Nicolas Jackson and Pedro Neto on the bench from the start.
These decisions have contributed to a toothless and uninteresting performance of the Blues, which are only two points ahead of Aston Villa in sixth place after the results of the weekend.
Chelsea has, now, scored three goals During their last five matches, not having marked more than one in any one, and their lack of clinic, reliable, the new number was a problem.
Christopher Nkunku scored one in its last 11 The Blues and Jackson matches, which recently returned from injury, left Ten goalless games.
The London giants need a coherent and ruthless center-forward to dismiss them to glory, which Manchester City has found when they signed Erling Haaland in the summer of 2022.
Why Chelsea needs their own Erling Haaland
The Cityzens would have agreed with a Deal worth 51 million pounds sterling To sign the Bundesliga Norwegian international, Borussia Dortmund before the 2022/23 campaign, and it turned out to be a good deal.
To date, the monster on foot left has scored 120 goals And provided 19 assists in 138 games in all competitions for City, including 84 goals in 94 Premier League outings.
The Norwegian superstar struck the ground in England, where it was born, with one of the best individual seasons in the history of the Premier League, score 36 goals And provide eight assists in 33 departures.
Its total of 36 goals broke the record For most of the goals scored in a single first league season, previously was 34 years old, and put City as high -flying.
Erling Haaland’s career of man’s man | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Season | Apparitions | Goals | Aid |
24/25 | 40 | 30 | 4 |
23/24 | 45 | 38 | 6 |
22/23 | 53 | 52 | 9 |
As you can see in the table above, the 24-year-old elite shooter has delivered an exceptional number of goals each season he played for the Pep Guardiola team to date.
The former Dortmund star also delivered large games, score Six goals in eight matches against Manchester United and Four goals in six games Against Chelsea, being a difference in difference for City against their rivals.
This is why blues must try to find their own version of Haaland in the next summer transfer window, because the recent form of Nkunku and Jackson shows that the club does not currently have a new number which can be counted over the week on weekdays.
Maresca could be on the right track to find her response to the Manchester City superstar, however, because Chelsea would have taken a step to sign a new attacker.
Chelsea submits an offer for the prolific attacker
According to a Spanish reportChelsea is one of the many clubs interested in an agreement to sign Viktor Gyokerres in the sports center in the summer transfer window.
The report says they have submitted an offer in the region of 64 million pounds to try to convince the Portuguese giants to separate from the Swedish international, but Manchester United came with the same offer.
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He indicates that Chelsea and the Red Devils are now fighting to win the former Coventry City striker and Brighton & Hove Albion in England this summer.
However, the report does not reveal whether these two offers of 64 million pounds will be enough or not to try to collect on their star before the 2025/26 campaign.
Whether they can sign Gyokerres at this price or if they have to spend a little more to acquire its services, Chelsea must push to obtain an agreement on the line for the Swedish center-center in the next transfer window because it could be MARESCA’s response to Haaland.
Why Gyokerers could be Chelsea’s response to Haaland
As aforementioned, blues do not have a reliable and coherent attacker to whom they can expect to score 20 or more goals each season to dismiss the team for glory, as City does with their Norwegian phenomenon.
After a return of 21 goals and ten assists In 46 championship games for Coventry during the 2022/23 campaign, Gyokerres chose to move abroad to sign so that Sporting spent his career at the next level.
It turned out to be a master stroke by the 26 -year -old elite shooter because he has scored 86 goals And provided 26 assists in 93 games for the Portuguese outfit to date.
Gyokerres also intensified its doors in the Champions League for Sport, even marking a hat -trick while Haaland earlier this season, which shows that it can compete at the highest level.
The Swedish star, which was described as “unplayable” By former teammate Maxime Biamou, has also delivered exceptionally impressive performances in the Portuguese high flight of his two seasons with Sporting so far, which is a fatal finisher.
Viktor Gyokerres (Liga Portugal) | 23/24 | 24/25 |
|---|---|---|
Apparitions | 33 | 26 |
xg | 22.71 | 24.63 |
Goals | 29 | 30 |
Conversion rate | 25% | 28% |
Big chances created | 11 | 11 |
Aid | 10 | 6 |
As you can see in the table above, the Chelsea target has shot 59 incredible goals in 59 appearances at La Liga Portugal since the start of the 2023/24 campaign, which shows that it can find the back of the net on a coherent base if it is provided with enough service.
Gyokerres also surpassed his XG in both seasons, which talks about his ruthless nature in front of the goal, and that suggests that he would prosperate in a team that creates many chances, as Haaland did with Man City.
He has a return from Haaland in all competitions for the sportsman, and surpassing him with his hat -trick against Man City earlier this quarter, and that is why he could be Maresca’s response to Cityzens’ star.
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