Chelsea Transfer News and Rumors Recap: Christoph Freund Rejection, Denis Zakaria Worries and More
Chelsea Transfer News and Rumors Recap: Christoph Freund Rejection, Denis Zakaria Worries and More: The Liverpool manager has just started his first week at Anfield, hoping to rack up a few points in the coming weeks. The Reds will only play one game thus far with most of their lineup in international duty this week.
Potter is reported to be replacing Christoph Freund in an impending move with Chelsea. If the deal goes through, Potter would have a say in sporting director appointments, who he appoints and not have to wait long for the appointment to be made official.
The first day of pre-season training began with news that director of football Marina Granovskaia has replaced the manager, Antonio Conte with former Swansea City coach Graham Potter. Now on boss at Chelsea, players are likely to have more responsibility in training and the starting eleven is in contention for spots.
Potter has reportedly been impressed with the performance of Armando Broja; a player who is also competing for a spot in the team. Plenty of new attacking options have been recruited, but Granger thinks that Broja fits well into what he’s trying to create.
Taylor Twellman, a former Potter favorite and current ESPN soccer analyst, highlights how the start to the Chelsea career hasn’t gone exactly as he would have imagined. The first two games of the manager’s starting tenure were postponed, while the first game in which he took charge (Chelsea 1-1 RB Salzburg) was held in the Champions League and finished as a result of a draw.
The 47-year-old has to wait until October 1 for his next Chelsea game. In the meantime, he will be taking them to face Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park in a London derby. It’s been an up and down start since his arrival in west London.
Toney on Drogba’s influence: Toney is someone who was once considered an underdog in the football world. The English-born striker joined Peterborough, who were then in League Two, before earning a call-up to England four years later, where he became the youngest player ever to score for his country.
Martyn Toney is now in Gareth Southgate’s thoughts for Qatar, scoring 17 goals in the Premier League for Brentford.
Boehly told that he missed out on Chelsea’s best transfer in 50 years: Asking a Chelsea supporter to name the Blues’ best ever signing is difficult. Chelsea have made some outstanding transfers who have played integral roles in the club’s success, especially during the Roman Abramovich era.
If Chelsea can make a particular signing, it will be their biggest one in the last 50 years. These include players such as Frank Lampard, Gianfranco Zola and Didier Drogba but this time there is a player that is not joining the club in any public way.
Chelsea recently held talks with Christoph Freund and agreed to a deal with the sporting director, but they could not reach an agreement.
The Blues are looking to hire a new sporting director who will take the pressure off Todd Boehly of his summer duties. Freund has plenty of experience with Salzburg and has been in charge of their team for more than seven years.
Benitez discusses how Potter will be under a lot of pressure at Chelsea. While his Brighton side were able to maintain 10 consecutive away wins and win nine consecutive games at home, the pressure is on to maintain that similar form and continue doing well.
Conor Gallagher scored a brilliant goal against Brighton last season while they were playing Crystal Palace, another fiercely contested rivalry.
It was a goal that capped off the best performance of the month by demonstrating everything that is great about the 22-year-old. Roy, who ran into the box, entered moments before scoring and had done so with calmness.
Cole’s prediction is correct; it is too soon to tell if Chelsea have had a new change in atmosphere after last week’s match but it is safe to say that the only draw against RB Salzburg has been disappointing so far. What will become noticeable over the course of time, though, is whether or not manager Graham Potter can truly reform Chelsea and make them harder to beat.