Moneywise maybe, but Cucurella was the most creative left back the season before Chelsea bought him and the team needed a cover/upgrade on the position with Alonso leaving and Chilwell constant injuries.
I’d rather say Lavia, with the team already spending 200m on Enzo and Caicedo, ~25m on Lesley, ~15m on Andrey and also having bought Casadei earlier. I know, different type of players, but at one point you need to start developing the guys you already have.
Not when you just buy anyone you can, a rebuild is replacing aging players with younger players that are handpicked, not just the owner wasting all his money
Doesn’t the 23 out necessitate a significant number of incomings as well? Not to mention the injury crisis as well. Were we supposed to just play with a bare bones squad this year?
Which ones? We needed a full rebuild. Only one that really stands out to me as odd was Cucurella
Most of them… overpaying for average players.
Moneywise maybe, but Cucurella was the most creative left back the season before Chelsea bought him and the team needed a cover/upgrade on the position with Alonso leaving and Chilwell constant injuries.
I’d rather say Lavia, with the team already spending 200m on Enzo and Caicedo, ~25m on Lesley, ~15m on Andrey and also having bought Casadei earlier. I know, different type of players, but at one point you need to start developing the guys you already have.
There’s a lot more than that, they aren’t rebuilding, they’re just buying anyone young and available
Isn’t buying young and available players a dead giveaway for a rebuild?
Not when you just buy anyone you can, a rebuild is replacing aging players with younger players that are handpicked, not just the owner wasting all his money
They are younger players replacing older players. You keep describing a rebuild and then for some reason missing that that’s exactly what is happening
12 in 23 out last window. dont know how much more you want man.
Doesn’t the 23 out necessitate a significant number of incomings as well? Not to mention the injury crisis as well. Were we supposed to just play with a bare bones squad this year?
I still believe paying 50 mil for Lavia after 115 on Caicedo was just pettiness towards Liverpool for trying to snatch Caicedo.