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    Joao Felix first of 12 players to leave Chelsea as Mauricio Pochettino starts squad overhaul
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    Joao Felix first of 12 players to leave Chelsea as Mauricio Pochettino starts squad overhaul



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    The Guardina’s Barney Ronay & sports broadcaster Shebahn Aherne discuss reports that Mauricio Pochettino is planning a mass exodus of players as he overhauls his Chelsea squad.

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    1. Frank Reyes on

      I don’t care as a Chelsea fan I saw Felix do good but the finishing product was never there. Send him out plenty of chances during champions he had time to score and fool will hit the post

    3. Fred Pong The Toilet Guy on

      He wants a new squad all together these players need to be kicked out Top players play for Top teams that actually wants to help them have a good season this team has been shambles Pochettino is going to bring chelsea back to life next season

    5. One Touch on

      Poch will be good for Chelsea, he didn't win anything with Tottenham so hopefully he brings in that losing mentality. He even managed to lose ligue 1 title for PSG

    8. Ogigbah Esiri on

      My ideal transfer window. Outgoing: 1. Felix 2. Auba 3. Lukaku 4. havertz 5. Ziyech 6. Pulisic 7. Odoi 8. loftus 9. kova 10. kante 11. gallagher 12. koulibaly 13. cucurella 14.mendy.
      Incoming: 1. Caicedo, 2. Ugarte 3. Andrey santos 4. kane 5. arsen zakharryan 6. keep colwill and renew mount

    10. Sergio Monteiro on

      This is so stupid, he was on loan for 6 month and always going to return. Chelsea need to purchase him for a huge amount for him to stay, which was never going to happen with all the influx of players and the amount they spent this year

    17. Constantine Joseph on

      Chelsea is a team that thrives on making the target man, the number 9 the main player to fixate play around.

      Drogba, Gudjohnson, Hasselbaink were the ones carrying that responsibility and when Pochettino can sign that strong and powerful and prolific target man, they will start to center their play around him and they will see the benefits of this heritage style Chelsea always relied upon.

      The problem with Chelsea was that they have an abundance of attacking players who are wide men or are "in the hole striker" like Sterling, Pulisic, Kai Havertz.

      Whereas Aubameyang is already 34 and he's not a target man. He's more of an out and out striker like a Henry, Owen, Torres that relies on speed (not going for him due to age) to get past defenders to take on a one on one with the goalkeeper.

      You will need a target man, one that backs up on defenders, wrestles with them and holds the ball to create play around him like Drogba. Getting into the right positions and finishing the assists provided with a single touch with the feet or the head. That is the Chelsea kind of play and so far it was Tuchel that did not have the vision to implement that, thinking it's still continental football.

      This is the premier league and you will need a target man to do the dirty work. Just look at what Pep had implemented, he got his Norwegian bulldozer just like he had gotten his Swedish one back in 2009 for Barcelona

    20. Leif Andersen on

      It is crazy to kick 12 players out of Chelsea . What is it based on? Why not take the time and see how things develop ? Who says that these players can be replaced wit much better players ? I have the feeling that some of the new players will be older players that have left their clubs because of age !

    22. Wor on

      To say Poch doesn't like Joao Felix coz he's a no.10 is a foolish statement. These are the same people praising poch for how he played Dele Alli in Spurs.

    30. LFC_GT on

      Is that all? They have over 30 players in the squad with another full squad out on loan. Need to get rid of more than 12.

    39. Harper Lee on

      They didn't really speak about the team construction, tactical application or of any substance. Just talking waffle to fill air time.

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