Some of these games have been absolute crap and totally anti football. If England can't beat any of the other 7 teams they need to turn it in. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

57 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Xhaka just dictating everything can see why Alonso was pushing for him.

I remember Xhaka's time at Arsenal and the complaints were very much the same I hear for Enzo: "too slow for the PL."

Edited 1 hour ago1 hr by acaeus

1 hour ago, acaeus said:

I remember Xhaka's time at Arsenal and the complaints were very much the same I hear for Enzo: "too slow for the PL."

Not in his last season. Xhaka was an average defensive midfielder under Emery, who became a quality link player in a more attacking role under Arteta, a role which Alonso continued and arguably developed. His role is pretty simple, receive the ball deep and get it to the attacking players, either through switches or by breaking the lines. We desparately need that sort of player at Chelsea, even if it is not necessarily Xhaka.

The only problem is that the last few years he has been part of a genuine double-pivot, whereas Caicedo would be one of the most defensive players he plays with. The link burden would solely be on him, which is never a good thing.