Florent Malouda says what most are thinking, but Chelsea don’t see it – Talk Chelsea

Chelsea’s current issues for me are pretty obvious, and the more I look around, hear, and read, most Chelsea fans think the same thing.

For me, Mauricio Pochettino isn’t tactically good enough as a manager and needs to be replaced in the summer. But the problems are bigger and wider than that, with the main one being the naive squad rebuild.

I have seen SO many pundits, experts, former pros, former Chelsea players, and SO many Chelsea fans saying the same thing. But the decision makers at Chelsea do not see to see it, or if they do, they are digging their heels in, ignoring it, and foolishly backing their own decisions.

I’ll let former Chelsea player Florent Malouda explain it though, because he is someone who has actually played the game at a top level and for a successful Chelsea team, and he certainly knows what he is talking about here.

In a recent interview, Malouda said:

“I was at Stamford Bridge watching the Leicester game in the FA Cup, Chelsea were playing with a lot of intensity, and everything looked brilliant until it wasn’t. It only takes one mistake to knock the confidence out of this Chelsea team and then the chaos starts.

“The Chelsea players need to develop a capacity to control their emotions on the pitch. They don’t have the emotional balance that allows you to keep control of the game, and that is down to the composition of the squad. When you chose to focus on a project with mostly young players, you will always find this inconsistency because all of these players are learning at the same time.

“I think a player like Real Madrid’s Toni Kroos is the type of target that Chelsea should be looking to bring in this summer. He is an experienced player with a lot of pedigree. Chelsea need one or two players like Kroos. Players who have such a high football IQ that they can analyse every scenario on the pitch, take the right decisions and lead the team. This is the type of profile I would be looking to bring into the club over the…

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Author : Simon Phillips

Publish date : 2024-04-10 15:54:33

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