Graham Potter's future at Chelsea has been called into question by Tony Cascarino due to the 47-year-offensive old's strategy. The Blues have only won two of their last 13 Premier League games, and they are ten points behind Newcastle United in fourth place.
Potter is under increasing pressure to turn around the fortunes of the west Londoners after spending more than £300 million in the January transfer window. Enzo Fernandez joined Mykhailo Mudryk, Joao Felix, Noni Madueke, David Datro, and Andrey Santos at Stamford Bridge on deadline day for a club-record price. Malo Gusto joined in the summer.
Additionally, it is rumored that Christopher Nkunku will sign with the Blues at the completion of the current campaign. In the race to sign the 25-year-old, Chelsea appear to have prevailed, as football.london reported in October.
Lagitsoccer.blogspot.com understands that Nkunku has signed a pre-contract agreement with the club and will move to west London in time for the 2023/24 season. However, the deal is not completely wrapped up yet and there are some final details that need to be arranged before the transfer is official.
While Potter has only had a few games with his new players and yet to fully implement his philosophy, Cascarino is not convinced the Englishman will deliver Todd Boehly's expectations. Speaking on talkSPORT, the former Chelsea striker said: "I’m just not convinced that long term, he [Potter] will deliver the club’s expectations.
"Because the basis of his style is very cautious and pragmatic, whatever word you want to use. They are not offensive, they are buying flair.
"[Christopher] Nkunku will come in the summer, who’s another attacker, but he will play on the left, right or in a similar number 10 role. I just don’t see everybody overachieving. I see there are more players underachieving at Chelsea at the moment."
Despite criticism from Cascarino, Potter insisted that he saw promising signs of improvement in his side's display against West Ham. The Chelsea boss said: "I just said from a performance perspective I thought it was [an improved performance].
"You can also see the potential of the team but you can also see where the work is, which is getting Reece James up to speed, which is getting Ben Chilwell up to speed, which is getting Ruben Loftus-Cheek up to speed, which is getting Wesley Fofana up to speed, which is getting N'Golo Kante up to speed, which is adapting [Mykhailo] Mudryk into the Premier League, which is adapting [Noni] Madueke into the Premier League, which adapting Benoit Badiashile into the Premier League, which is adapting Joao Felix into the Premier League.
"That's just how it is, that's the way I see it and I'll just be honest to say how it is but I completely understand that people are frustrated if you don't win."
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