Chelsea could finally be coming around to signing experience – Talk Chelsea

I’ve written articles recently speaking about our naive recruitment and the fact that we have ignored proven quality and experience in our squad build, something that SO many other fans, pundits, pros, former players, and former Chels have also highlighted a lot.

This has drawn so much attention that a #ChangeTheModel movement was started by Chelsea fans this week too. And this movement is basically saying the same as the above and the below….

However, are Chelsea’s decision makers finally coming around and will they address this issue in the summer? If the latest rumour is anything to go by, perhaps they are…

Florian Plettenburg of Sky Germany reported on Wednesday this week that Chelsea are once again monitoring Ivan Toney from Brentford ahead of a possible move to sign him this summer. He also says that his fee will be around £30m-£40m.

So if Chelsea are interested in Toney again, maybe they are realising they need more proven experience?

This reassures me and gives me hope, not just because I am a fan of Toney and would rate the signing if we did manage to bring him in, but purely because it would mean we have put this daft under-25 rule to bed and we are actually looking at addressing our most pressing issue in this squad.

Like I said, I rate Toney, and I actually think his profile is one of the most suited profiles out of all the strikers linked to what we need. We need a link-up striker, one who can also be a target, knows where the net is, and has as top mentality, confidence, and experience of playing in this league.

This move at this price would be supported and liked by the majority of the Chelsea fan base, at least I think it would, I don’t like to speak for the whole fanbase.

Toney has only been involved in 13 games for relegation battling Brentford this season and he has come up with a goal involvement in almost half of those game. He’s scored 4, and got 1 assist. If you add his England goal then he has 5 goals and 1 assist in 14…

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Author : Simon Phillips

Publish date : 2024-04-12 15:23:22

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