Fofana has been brought along in his recovery VERY slowly and carefully. The best thing is what they have been doing now: go very slow, build back both legs equally, and make sure the confidence is there.
He is in full training, and still could be one of the best CB’s in the league. But the health is a big if. I am really hopeful for him, but they can’t be pinning their hopes on him. That made Tosin an excellent pick up.
Really like Anselmino though, but that’s probably two years away at least. I think staying at Boca til the end of their year is a good thing. We will have to decide what to do with players like Bashir Humphreys as well in the meantime.
Our players don’t get “forgotten”. Chelsea does an excellent job of finding clubs and good jobs even for the players that dont quite make it. And we will continue to bring top talent through. And if you want to keep your job you have to beat the players coming after it. Thats what fans, often including our own, don’t get. Where they see “Chelsea is making money off selling players” … the players see “the guys that go to Chelsea always end up with jobs”
I don’t think Badiashile and Desasi can play well enough on the ball for the system we want to use… maybe Badiashile. I hope they prove me wrong
I expect Tosin to be chosen quite a bit, and I wouldn’t be shocked if we got another defender. A LCB who can also play LB really would be great. People are hot for Califiori, but I’m also still a big fan of Hincapie.
And then Chalobah…. I don’t know now that we will sell him. He is not a perfect defender by any means. But I think he’s very good: and we didn’t lose a single game he started last season. I think he’s undervalued at 25m… so I don’t get a lot of what’s going on with that situation.