According to The Mirror, Chelsea player Malang Sarr will be going to Nice with one year left in his Chelsea contract. Another shocking news as the summer transfer window keeps going. Chelsea are also one of the clubs this summer who will be trying to rebuild their squad. Selling Sarr is an important thing for do as Chelsea needs to make some players sales this summer. According to the new Profit and Sustainability rules (PSR) of the Premier League, clubs can only buy players after sales. The money generated from other sources like television rights, sponsors cannot be used to sign players in the transfer window. Chelsea will be undergoing a whole new transition phase this season. In the previous seasons, they end up signing a lot of youngsters who are yet to adapt to English football. Some players like Romeo Lavia are yet to play in Premier League.
These problems started in the last season. Chelsea ended the season on sixth place in the Premier League table. This states that the club was facing numerous problems both on and off the field. It’s been a long time now that Chelsea do not have a proper striker in their squad. Chelsea played youngster Nicolas Jackson up front for majority of the season. The youngster gave some decent performances however a club like Chelsea needs a world class striker up front. This problem also arise due to the injury of Christopher Nkunku who was injured for the majority of the season. In the midfield Chelsea signed youngster Moises Caicedo from Brighton for a huge transfer fee. The youngster took great amount of time to settle to Premier League. He was also criticized a lot for making silly mistakes which sometimes led to goal. However his performance gradually improved.
Situation with Chelsea player Malang Sarr
Another reason for majority of Chelsea problems were the injuries problem. Many of the big clubs like Liverpool, Manchester City were also affected by injuries last season. Both the clubs did not play with their first choice goalkeepers for almost the entire season. Chelsea were also unlucky with the goalkeeper situation after Kepa left to Real Madrid. Chelsea’s manager Mauricio Pochettino also had a very rough time as a manager. The whole season he was criticized for not having good tactics. When the team finally started to perform he was sacked on a short notice by the club.
New manager Enzo Maresca have not included many players for next season and Malang Sarr is one of them. Sarr went on some loan spells and his future at Chelsea now looks unlikely. He has not played for the club for more than two years now. After all this he his still earning a whooping 100k a week from the club. Chelsea already made their first signing Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall from Leicester City. Now Chelsea will be looking to sell more of their players and sign new ones. Sarr will be leaving to Lens as the player hopes to get more game time next season.
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