Reece James should start in midfield vs City, So, who is replacing Veiga? Liam Delap is THE guy - go get him now! What Chelsea are doing wrong explained in one post, News roundups, Much more...
The Chelsea FC Newsletter: Friday 24th January 2025!
Morning all,
Welcome to the weekend again! Chelsea play in the Saturday evening kick off game against Manchester City away from home.
To be honest, I am not quite as worried about this game than I usually am. City play a high line, and we certainly have the pace and talent to exploit that. But we are also vulnerable at the back. I see goals, plenty of them. For me, with the injuries we have in midfield, I’d also be starting Reece James as a defensive midfielder in this game, and I explain why and a bit of a preview to the game here.
Plenty going on this week in the rumour mills of course as we enter the last days of the window. To get all of what has been happening across the last 24 hours in the same place, you can check in here. There’s contrasting reports of whether an offer has actually been sent in for Alejandro Garnacho or not. Fabrizio Romano says it’s being prepared - not sure why it takes so long to ‘prepare’ a big but either way, they should be preparing a bid for a striker and addressing the spine of the team, and not another winger yet. I guess that preparation might involve who they could sell to United in return!?
Renato Veiga is joining Juventus on loan for the rest of the season, leaving Chelsea with just one left back in Marc Cucurella (I am ignoring the frozen out Ben Chilwell). So, who replaces Veiga? Will they bring in another left back? Or will they use what they’ve got? I’ve got words on that here.
I’ve been calling some things out this week, as have many others. The majority of the Chelsea fans are feeling a lot of discourse right now with how we are moving in the transfer market, and other issues. One online fan has put out a post this week that is spot on really. It’s a long post, but it resonates a lot with how many of us are feeling right now. You can check that out and my words on it here.
Finally, Chelsea fans in this community have sent the board a message on a new striker. That message is, go get Liam Delap NOW, even for £50m!! See the results on that in here as you make decisions on a host of linked names including Jhon Duran, Benjamin Sesko, Darwin Nunez, Matheus Cunha, and more!
We also had the latest Podcast out yesterday, and of course there is plenty of transfer chatter and debates to be had in this one here.
Right, I have no doubts that I’ll probably need to jump on the Substack App this weekend whilst away from the site but don’t make it be for a damn winger (I don’t even think Garnacho is a bad player btw). I' wont jump on just for rumours or ‘considering’ etc, only if something big goes down, or I have some big sourced news that cannot wait until Sunday. But otherwise, I’ll see you all back on the site on Sunday!
Have a good weekend!
Peace, Si.