Chelsea will have to change transfer policy to fix problem “we can all see from a million miles” | OneFootball

Matt Law is not a Chelsea fan, but he’s watched the team for so long as the Blues’ correspondent that he has a great view on where the team is at.

His take on the London is Blue podcast this week was a great summary of what we’re all seeing at the moment in terms of the flaws in the construction of this team. We all saw it for the whole of last season – this side lacks experience and leaders. And preferably players who combine both. Bringing in 27 year old Tosin from Fulham was never going to sufficiently solve that:

“The most obvious point of all that we can all see from a million miles away is that they lack on pitch leadership” Law said.

“Badly. And that’s where having such a young team and young squad which the club believe will have a huge upside in the long run, and I don’t actually doubt that necessarily, but in terms of achieving now and next season and the season after the flipside of what it can give you over a long period of time is clearly what we’re seeing now and that is… you just need someone there to bang a few heads together and tell people what to do and what not to do. And set standards themselves.”

You can see him speaking in the clip embedded here, with this answer coming after 9 minutes:

Chelsea can’t fix squad without changing their philosophy

Chelsea in a generic group team huddle. (Photo by Darren Walsh/Chelsea FC)

So how do Chelsea fix this problem with their squad? The issue is that it actually runs counter to their whole philosophy of building the squad for profit.

They want young, cheap players with upside and low wages. Well, experience senior players are by definition old, and are rarely cheap or on low wages if they’re good. Something’s gotta give.