Christopher Nkunku is but to register a single aggressive look for Chelsea, regardless of the settlement to signal him coming over a yr in the past.
Regardless of all of that, Nkunku is already being seen because the Chelsea saviour and hero.
“Chelsea really feel Chrsitopher Nkunku getting back from harm shall be a vital step of their season,” Fabrizio Romano mentioned this week.
“Many at Chelsea believed that he was going to be the signing of the season and that he would make the distinction for Chelsea.”
By the best way, I don’t disagree with any of that. I feel he shall be essential as effectively and has the flexibility and presence to develop into vastly vital for us.
However we also needs to be very cautious to not pile your entire stress of the shoulders of a participant who has but to competitively kick a ball for us.
In addition to that, we’d like multiple talisman on this squad. I don’t wish to see one other Eden Hazard scenario the place he principally carried Chelsea for a superb two seasons and when he was not on the pitch, we didn’t have the solutions.
The opposite aspect of that is with our harm luck of late, we can’t be so closely reliant on one single participant. Nkunku is out for no less than one other two months, half the season shall be gone by the point he’s again on the pitch for us. We want outcomes effectively earlier than then, and we are going to want others to step up.
And I feel they’ll. I totally imagine Cole Palmer shall be one who steps up. However once more, we should not pile the person stress on him both.
Fortunately I see others who will even step up. Raheem Sterling has began very effectively. Nicolas Jackson appears like he might develop into a world beater. Noni Madueke continues to be very uncooked for me however reveals actual indicators of aptitude and direct creativity. Mykhailo Mudryk’s confidence is shot however we’ve seen what he can do in small moments even when we do now want far more. Carney Chukwuemeka was additionally trying excellent earlier than his harm.
I simply don’t wish to get into that tradition of relying so closely on one single participant and that’s why I don’t love seeing feedback like those above from Romano.
I do know it’s meant to be seen as a constructive, however let’s simply let Nkunku return from a foul harm, settle into a brand new staff and a brand new nation, and begin taking part in soccer once more, with out the large stress of him being the reply to all our attacking issues, our saviour, and the person who will take us again to the highest once more.
We’ve utterly rebuilt this squad, so we have to break up that accountability and step up as a staff, as a training staff, and as Chelsea collectively.
