According to The Chelsea Chronicle , Chelsea targets Portugal’s penalty hero Diogo Costa in the summer transfer window. Chelsea had their arguably one of the worst seasons in the Premier League history. They ended their season on sixth place in the Premier League table. This means their next season will be without any European football. Things went worse when they were looking like a relegation side team during the season. None of their big money signings managed to find footing in the English football and all the players take their sweet time to adjust. Chelsea also announced sacking of their manager Mauricio Pochettino before the beginning of the next season. This was a very shocking decision by Chelsea after Pochettino was finally getting a good hold of the squad. Chelsea appointed Enzo Maresca as their new manager who just arrived last summer to Leicester City with the options available currently.
Chelsea fans find their ray of hope in the youngster Cole Palmer who almost became the top scorer last season. Although Palmer had a pretty disappointing Euro 24 campaign with lack of game time under Gareth Southgate. Palmer impressed with the chances given which made some football fans question the squad selection of Gareth Southgate. Chelsea fans will surely hope Cole Palmer can continue his last season form in the new season for Chelsea. It was also a tough season for Chelsea after the squad was hit by injury crisis for majority of the season. Chelsea had only 14 first team players available for the north London derby against Tottenham. This has cause enough problems for the squad and the manager. Chelsea boss Pochettino was unable to a field a consistent starting eleven for the majority of the season which included many star players of the club.
Chelsea targets players for important transfer window
New season will be starting soon and Chelsea’s new manager will already have alot of work to do. Premier League will be full of new faces in the managerial position for next season. This includes club like Liverpool as well. Chelsea manager’s first job before the start of next season or even before preseason will be the transfer business for the club. Last season Chelsea played majority of the season without their captain and star defender Reece James. They also faced numerous problems for not having a proper striker. Pochettino surely helped Chelsea improve their attack after they ended up with 77 goals last season. This was a pretty big improvement from their 2022-23 season goal tally of just 38 goals. Their big signing Christopher Nkunku was also out for majority of season. Enzo Maresca will surely need to sign some new starters this summer.
Chelsea had a pretty good numbers when it comes to the goals scored. However they also ended up conceding a huge amount of 63 goals last season. This was probably one of their worst defensive displays in the club’s history. The priority of the club should be to bring a new goalkeeper for next season. Chelsea lost their main goalkeeper Kepa to Real Madrid. Lucky for Chelsea they have a option in Diogo Costa. After Costa become the hero of his nation saving three penalties in a row he will surely be on Chelsea’s radar. Goalkeeper is a position the London club are struggling with for a long time now and Costa is a pretty good option currently on the market. Current Chelsea goalkeepers Robert Sanchez and Djordje Petrovic are still not trusted enough to start between the sticks for Chelsea.
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