“You need more” – Chelsea star slams club’s transfer strategy and Enzo Maresca sack decision
Chelsea left-back Marc Cucurella has taken the extraordinary step of publicly criticising the club for their transfer strategy and for the exit of previous manager Enzo Maresca.
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Cucurella has been a key player for Chelsea but seems very obviously frustrated with life at Stamford Bridge right now.
The Spain international feels the international break will be good for Chelsea’s players, who have suffered some awful recent results.
The Blues were thrashed by Paris Saint-Germain to be dumped out of the Champions League, and this has clearly left a bad taste in the mouth of several of the team’s players.
Cucurella acknowledged that Enzo Fernandez was also clearly not happy after the PSG defeat, and he’s now given some explosive quotes of his own in an interview with the Athletic.
Marc Cucurella on Chelsea signing too many young players
Under this ownership, CFC have focused on signing players for the future, but Cucurella seems unconvinced that it will be enough to help the west London giants succeed on the pitch.
“I understand this is part of the club’s policy, and that they want to take this direction — signing young players and 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,” the 27-year-old said.
“We have a good core of players. The foundations are there. But to fight for major trophies such as the Premier League or the Champions League, you need more. Signing young players only might complicate achieving those goals. Against PSG, we lacked players that had gone through situations like that.
“You need time as well, and I know the young players are the ones that will have the experience in the future. But you need to find the balance between both worlds.”
Marc Cucurella on impact of Enzo Maresca departure
Discussing the decision to replace Maresca with Liam Rosenior, Cucurella added: “The moment Maresca left, it had a big impact on us.
“These are decisions taken by the club. If you asked me, I would not have made this decision. To make a change like that, the best thing is to wait until the end of the season. You would give everyone, the players and the new manager, time to get ready, have a full pre-season…
“The instability around the club comes from this, in a nutshell. We had a caretaker (former under-21s coach Calum McFarlane) first, then a new manager, with new ideas and no time to work on them. It is what it is.”
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