Bakwa exploits Cucurella’s “aggression” against him for both goals.
1v1: Left-foot fake to “plant” him, helped by Cucurella’s square body shape.
2v1: Shifts outside & then through the gate as Cucurella finds himself too close & unable to react.
🚨 Luis Enrique: “I've never seen such an intensity and physical level. We have to congratulate everyone”.
“We deserved to win, we deserved to draw and we deserved to lose today. It was a fantastic game”.
Reece James has watched the academy that built him up get sacked by a certain director to hire his k******* mates, and he’s out here giving his endorsement. Media say McFarlane has James respect? What’s the respect of a spineless man worth? https://t.co/OZAkF5d3op
New: Chelsea have added Harry Hudson (U21s head coach) and Dan Hogan (U18s head coach) to Calum McFarlane’s interim coaching staff. More details on other first-team members and academy movements in story here: https://t.co/COvTPEPxEW
🚨 BREAKING: Chelsea part company with head coach Liam Rosenior. #CFC wanted to give 41yo much longer but results dictated otherwise. FA Cup + CL push key factors. Calum McFarlane to take interim charge before permanent appointment in summer @TheAthleticFC https://t.co/ASk6XrxJdo
🚨❗️Behdad Eghbali on the model and adding ready made players:
"The view was to recruit and build elite players that can, frankly, be together and have that stability in the squad. We’re still in the 40th, 50th minute of that process. But the view is to keep, sign and retain and compensate and extend some of the world’s best players, and ultimately the view was you need, eight, 10, 12, 15 elite players to win and win sustainably, year after year."
"I think we’ve done a few things right, a lot of things right. We’ve got to be better on a few things, to add more ready-made players at this part of the project, to take (it ) to the next level, to be consistent over time."
"We recognise we need balance. We have world champions, we have Champions League winners, we have elite, elite young players. Experience has developed now. The team has been together for two or three years. The objective is to keep your best players, and we’ve done that, and there’s no intention to rebuild every three or four years. You tweak a model, you improve, you learn from mistakes."
"Our goal is to have elite, elite players on the pitch, elite characters off the pitch that our fans can bond with, that will be at the club, that will be club legends for the next 10 or 15 years and beyond. I think, generally, we’ve been fortunate, not in getting everything right, but we do have a core (of) good players, global players. Cole Palmer, Moises Caicedo, Enzo Fernandez, Levi Colwill, Estevao Willian, Reece James."
"The view is now that we’re here with a great core base, to add some of that experience, to take the team to the next level and have consistency. That fact is not lost on us, and we’re at a point where we can take that next step, hopefully in the next year and beyond."
(@liam_twomey) #CFC
📣 Latest from Blueco lenders:
🚩Ares gating redemptions and liquidating collateral
🚩JPM tightening underwriting standards because they don’t trust valuations
🚩 BofA alarmed by PC exposures
Meanwhile, Blueco’s £750m PC-backed loan requires refinancing by July next year.
Anyone with a remote interest in how Chelsea are funded by Ares, please put aside 10 minutes to read this. Probably the most in depth analysis I have done. Frankly, it's scary... #Chelseafc#CFC https://t.co/1YjdIRUJAK