According to Chelsea News, Chelsea are very close to a deal for Villareal goalkeeper Filip Jorgensen. The youngster who is only 20 years old will be a great addition for Blues between the sticks. Last season the goalkeeper situation for Chelsea was a bit rough. After Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois got a long term injury early in the season. Real Madrid decided to sign Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga on a loan. After going on his loan move and putting up decent performances in some games. Kepa also got injured and missed majority of the season for Real Madrid as well. However Real Madrid were lucky Lunin stepped up to keep them competing for trophies. Chelsea on the other hand were not so lucky with their goalkeeper situation. Spanish goalkeeper Robert Sanchez was given the role of main man between the sticks for Chelsea where he out some great performances.
Every football fan will agree to the part that Chelsea’s attack saved them last season. Chelsea had an amazing 77 goals tally last season which is more than double their tally of previous season. The Blues also improved overall by finishing sixth on the Premier League table. This is a very big improvement of their 12th place finish from the previous season. However Chelsea’s problems are not over yet. The club announced on a short notice that they will sack their manager Mauricio Pochettino for the next season. Leicester City manager Enzo Maresca will be taking up the Chelsea job after just one season with Leicester City. This decision by Chelsea is very difficult to understand as Pochettino was doing relatively well during his final days as Chelsea manager. The Blues managed to beat Tottenham in the North London derby despite injury problems. They also beat West Ham by 5-0.
Chelsea sign Filip Jorgensen from Villareal
Chelsea’s poor performances last season cannot be blamed entirely on the manager. The Blues ended up signing many youngsters for their squad. This later became a problem after many players were struggling to get consistent play time. Many youngsters also took their sweet time to adapt to the Premier League. Chelsea also had a very tight schedule with many matches and less time to recover. This resulted in many injuries in the squad. In their match North London derby match against Tottenham, Chelsea had only 14 first team players available. Their important players like Christopher Nkunku, Reece James were also injured for majority of the season. These injury problems lead to consistent changing of tactics and lineup by the manager. This also made it difficult for players to adapt to these changing tactics. Every big club was hit by injury crisis in Premier League.
Now Chelsea will look to reinforce their squad for next season and Filip Jorgensen will be a good start. Chelsea are reportedly signing the Danish international for โฌ20m. Chelsea signed Robert Sanchez and then Djordje Petrovic for the similar amount. It is a lesson for Blues after making Kepa Arrizabalaga the most expensive goalkeeper some seasons before. Enzo Maresca prefers a playstyle where the goalkeeper will have to be good with ball on his feet. It will be interesting to see who among Robert Sanchez and Jorgensen will be the starter next season. Jorgensen spend one season with Villareal as a regular starter. Chelsea were able to sweep away the keeper before the Spanish club offered him a new contract which would have increased his price as well. Jorgensen had a โฌ45m release clause and Chelsea signed him for less than half the price which is a very big deal.ย
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