When the announcement was made that Chelsea Football Club will not be signing any player this 2019/2020 season, I was so devastated cause instantly I knew the chances of winning any trophy is gone. To make matters worse, arguably one of our best player for the past 5 years decided to leave and join Real Madrid.
As a passionate Chelsea fan, I was really worried at the prospect of my team not going to compete with the big teams. Deep down there’s always hope that things might work for the better but it wasn’t looking good. It might as well be too early to call but personally I believe the appointment of Frank Lampard as the team manager was the best decision made by our board. A Chelsea legend and a darling of Stamford Bridge, super Frankie as he is famously known was thrown into the deep end of having one of the most challenging and exciting project ever.
The fact that automatically the ban doesn’t allow us to sign any world class players, Lampard was forced to dig deep into our academy and promote some of our home grown talent. It’s not a secret Chelsea as a club is well-known for not promoting as many youth players to the first team as we all wished. Ironically our youth system has been the best in English football for the past decade and they have won everything which is there to be won.
Most if not all the Chelsea fans have no great expectations for this season since we do not have any good players in our squad for Lampard to work with. It has turned out to be a blessing in disguise for the club since we have the whole season to test most of our promising young players from the academy. Last season Sarri introduced us to Cullum Hudson Odoi but unfortunately the bright young talent’s season came to a premature end because of an injury. The start of this season we have been mesmerized by the talent of Tammy Ambraham , Mason Mount and Tomori. We got a rude wakeup call in our first game against Manchester United but it is those type of games and mistakes which will make the young kids coming through the ranks good in the long run. With Loftus Cheek and Odoi still nursing injuries and soon joining the squad, I can’t help but get excited by the prospect of seeing these young lads representing the badge of Chelsea at the biggest stage. I don’t expect us to win any trophies this season but I think it’s going to be that season we are going to unearth some real gems which will represent us for the next decade or so.
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