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Many Chelsea fans will be disappointed after two bad results in the space of a few days, with defeats away to Manchester United and Everton. That’s now just one win in the last five games in all competitions for Mauricio Pochettino’s side, and of course that kind of form is not good enough and needs to improve.
Still, there is nothing is specific as of now in terms of targets for Pochettino – the general concept is that this long-term project is still being protected and backed by Chelsea. I’m not aware of any specific pressure to finish in a certain position in the table this year or anything like that.
Of course they need to change this situation, it’s obvious; but Chelsea insist on their position with the manager, supporting him and trusting his ideas for the long term.
Staying with Chelsea, I’m aware there have also been some fans wondering about transfer rumours involving Noni Madueke. My understanding is it’s one of the situations Chelsea will discuss in the next 2-3 weeks.
Nothing has been decided yet for Madueke, but obviously he’s not playing as much as he’d love to. He’s also been injured and this is a topic to consider, so internal talks will take place soon to try to resolve things, for sure.
In the last 24 hours some of the reports from Germany have been really strong, with reports that Bayern Munich are going all in to sign Ronald Araujo from Barcelona. As is often the case, there are multiple sides to this story.
Firstly, the reality is that Bayern really want Araujo, Thomas Tuchel considers him the perfect player for the present and future, so he keeps coming up in internal discussions, because they want to try, they want to know if they have a chance of getting this deal done.
From Barcelona’s side, the message is very clear: they don’t want Araujo to leave, and certainly not in January. They have no intention of letting Araujo leave in January…
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Author : Fabrizio Romano
Publish date : 2023-12-11 19:00:00
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