I’m a bit late in penning this one due to all of the switch information that has been occurring and filling up our content material quota final week.
However off the again of Chelsea’s 2-2 draw with Bournemouth final week, there have been some extra direct auditions taking place, simply as there was with Liam Delap after we confronted Ipswich lately. Delap previous his audition with flying colors and consequently, we made contact along with his brokers once more, and in addition his membership, simply final week in an try and get him to Stamford Bridge this month. We’ve got but to essentially hear if that is doable, however Ipswich have been reluctant to promote this month and the sensation is that it will take a chunky payment to get him right here now. Extra on that in a sourced article at this time anyway, which you’d have had in your emails already.
However again to the Bournemouth centre again pairing, who Chelsea have a powerful curiosity in signing.
Illia Zabarnyi and Dean Huijsen are a younger pair of centre backs beginning each recreation for in kind Bournemouth within the Premier League, they usually have been a giant a part of the explanation why their membership are in sixth place within the league at the moment stage on factors with us.
They had been each colossal of their groups 4-1 win over Newcastle United on Saturday by the way in which.
In opposition to Chelsea although, they weren’t nearly as good as they’ve been all season, significantly Zabarnyi.
Not the primary time Jackson has prompted Zabarnyi issues
He was simply spun twice by Nicolas Jackson within the first half and appeared to hurry in an excessive amount of and over commit. His timing and choice making was off, and actually, he was ran ragged by Jackson in that first 45. I seen that within the second half, Andoni Iraola had moved Huijsen to mark Jackson relatively than Zabarnyi. Huijsen additionally had a tricky time with him, however he did handle Jackson significantly better than Zabarnyi did and managed to largely preserve him a lot quieter.
A buddy of mine who can be on this neighborhood was on the recreation dwell, and he took the time to ship me a message to say how impressed he was with each the centre backs. His opinion is one I fee, so it was very attention-grabbing to listen to his views.
He stated to me:
“I have to say, I’d love us to signal Dean Huijsen or Illia Zabarnyi, each had been so good. Bodily gamers and may each participant. I seen how vocal they had been as effectively for such younger centre halves. That Huijsen will go to the highest I’m certain of it, each gamers will.
“I choose Huijsen out of the 2 that’s for certain, he’s a correct participant. They had been celebrating tackles and geeing up the opposite gamers of their group; I really like seeing that. I’d be getting in for him sharp-ish earlier than worth goes up/different groups are available in for him. Can’t see him being at Bournemouth for lengthy. Huijsen coped with Nico significantly better.”
This was his view, so he might hear all the things they had been saying and watch them very intently.
I believe it is a very attention-grabbing perspective and a few intriguing phrases on each gamers.
I have to admit I do very very like the look of each defenders, however for me too it’s Huijsen who elevates essentially the most and the one I choose, despite the fact that each profiles look respectable.
Huijsen is simply 19-years-old however he already stands at 6ft 5in tall and may even nonetheless be rising! He’s a tower of a person and as soon as he grows in bodily stature as effectively, he has the potential to develop into a dominant centre again within the air and on the bottom.
Folks know what sort of calibre of centre again that I believe we’d like, however I may be preventing a dropping battle with that because it simply isn’t how we recruit anymore, which is gloomy. We want a frontrunner, a dominant centre again who eats all the things up and has some confirmed expertise and is a little more established.
I believe Huijsen is for certain a centre again who’s definitely working in the direction of being the entire above, however he’s not there but. We want gamers for the right here and now. I in fact could be very happy if we signed him although, I believe he’s class and has the expertise to go to the highest, as my pal says. I believe we must always signal him for certain, however alongside one other extra established choice as effectively, as a result of I truly assume we’d like two extra centre backs. Trevoh Chalobah will likely be offered, Tosin Adarabioyo I can see going very quickly too. We all know Axel Disasi is up on the market. Benoit Badiashile has main query marks and I believe we must always promote him too. So there will likely be house.
Positive, we needs to be throughout Huijsen, I believe he will likely be a HUGE defender as soon as he has totally developed. Zabarnyi, excellent too. He had a tough time in opposition to Nico and has issues to be taught, however he’s additionally nonetheless a really younger participant. He’s a high, TOP defender although.
Auditions, handed!
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