The Alella footballer still He has not played any minute in the first four days of Premier
This summer he was close to leaving on loan but ended up staying in the Chelsea
Marc Cucurella is experiencing a nightmare start to the season at Stamford Bridge. Since his arrival in London, Mauricio Pochettino has not counted on the former Barcelona footballer at all. Without going further, He has remained on the bench in the first four days of the Premier and has not played a single minute. The League Cup duel against Wimbledon is his only participation with the ‘Blues’ in all the duels before the break.
Cucurella’s situation is worrying to say the least. A footballer who arrived in the summer of 2022 for a transfer of more than 65 million euros seems today condemned to ostracism, without entering Pochettino’s plans at all and with several players ahead of him in the rotation. The desire and motivation of a young full-back (he is still 25 years old) amply equipped for the Premier collide with a club where chaos reigns due to a constant rain of signings.
Was able to leave this summer
Before experiencing this difficult situation with the Argentine coach, Marc Cucurella could have taken a path away from Stamford Bridge. Until the last day of market closing There were rumors about his possible departure from Chelseawhich at times seemed like a matter of details.
Newcastle United and Manchester United were the two clubs most interested in his incorporation, but everything ended up being up in the air. Perhaps in another leading club in the Premier he could have aspired to more minutes at this start of the season.
Far from his best version at Brighton
Not long ago, and before being left far from Chelsea’s starting eleven, Marc Cucurella emerged as one of the best full-backs in the Premier in his first season in England. The 2021/22 was the landing campaign of the former Barcelona footballer Brightonwhere he did not need time to adapt to shine as an all-round footballer and become much more than a full-back.
The daring, desire and qualities of the footballer trained at La Masia amazed all the great teams of the ‘Big Six’ of the Premier, even attracting the attention of Pep Guardiola who considered his incorporation. ‘Cucu’ ended up deciding on Chelsea, an option that has not worked out for him so far.
Cucurella, with Brighton
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Last season he played a total of 33 games with the ‘Blues’, in a chaotic season in sports and in the box with up to four different coaches in charge: Thomas Tuchel (who opted for his signing), Graham Potter, Bruno Saltor and Frank Lampard. In the midst of this mess, Cucurella could not transfer his extraordinary level from the Amex to Stamford Bridge.
For now, the situation indicates that the Catalan player will have to work hard to convince Pochettino of his fit in the team. Today, the young youth squad Levi Colwill is ahead of him in the left center position and Ben Chilwell He is the winger in whom the Argentine trusts the most. Because of his potential and because of the level of footballer that he is, I should have minutes again Sooner than later.