Stevie Nicol

Hello and welcome into the latest edition of ESPN FC.

Kay Murray, Shekhar Hislop and Stevie Nicol here in the studio.

Lots to talk about tonight.

We've got a mixed bag for you, but we are starting with Chelsea in the Premier League.

We do have Luis Garcia.

Yep, thumbs up there from him.

He's in Madrid ahead of a big game this weekend and Don Hutchison is joining us too.

We'll be hearing more from both of them in a minute.

But as we look to domestic football returning, he's a reminder of how Chelsea are faring this season.

They are sixth in the Premier League as it stands right now, still in the FA Cup.

In the FL Cup, they were eliminated by Arsenal and they just came out of the Champions League before the international break to PSG.

Well, Marco Correa has been talking to The Athletic this week, this is what he's had to say, about Chelsea's transfer policy.

He says signing young players only might complicate fighting for major trophies.

Against PSG we lacked players that had gone through situations like that.

I understand this is part of the club's policy, looking to the future, but for all of us who are still here and want to win big things, moments like this make you feel discouraged.

It's obviously to do with the model and specifically concerning the centering around youth when it comes to Chelsea.

What do you think when you see that, Xhaka?

Don't you surprise that players actually said this out aloud like Marco Correa has?

Does this give us a little idea as to what's being said inside the dressing room, if this is being said to the public?

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