Chelsea's Club Model a bit Cucu?
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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?
I think Cucurella has a point. the ownership group with clear lake or blue coal whoever it is they've kind of um they have their approach and they've kind of set their stall out kukurela talks about it young players coming in um so from a business perspective maybe they can't be as criticized as as you would from a footballing perspective signing young players with a knife for the future and the salon putting them on relatively low wages but long contracts i guess from a business perspective makes sense From a footballing perspective, it does not. Footballers want to win things, no. Fans want to see their club win things, no. You can sell them a project a year or two in advance, you cannot sell fans seven or eight years time, we'll be all right.
And that's the balancing act, and that's... The big clubs get that just right. This new ownership group, again, has not. Maybe following in the footsteps of Abramovich and how he did things and how quickly things changed. But they certainly have not found that balance. So I fully understand the frustration of Cucurella. And as I say, I think it's a frustration felt that far wider than just the dressing room.
Don't you surprise that players actually said this out aloud like Marco Correa has?
Yeah, I don't think it's a good look. I think it's been a theme of Chelsea's players this season. Enzo Fernandes comes into that conversation as well, where they feel as though maybe Chelsea are a stepping stone to try and go elsewhere, which shows the standards of Chelsea Football Club over the last five years or so. Kukurea, when he was signed, was a young player. So he's only saying things that us pundits and us in the media have known for a long time, that you can get by and you can have the project of signing young players. And young players will take you so far, but young players will be inconsistent. That's what happens when you're young. You need to mature into being top players. If they keep signing young players, they're going to stay at a certain level.
But I do feel as though he's a little bit out of order, speaking about board and the priorities and the ownership, when he's getting paid an awful lot of money to play for Chelsea.
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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Chapters
6 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–6:16
2
What insights does Marc Cucurella share about Chelsea's management style?
6:16–8:26
3
How does Chelsea's focus on young players affect their competitiveness?
8:26–15:46
4
What frustrations are expressed by Chelsea players regarding management decisions?
15:46–1:04:58
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How has Italy's failure to qualify for the World Cup impacted their football identity?
1:04:58–1:06:23
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What are the reactions to Italy's elimination from the World Cup?
1:06:23–1:06:38
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