Part 1 Special Feature: What’s next for January’s big spenders Chelsea?
The dust has now settled after the January transfer window brawls and it is time for the big spenders of the English Premier League to assess their options for the remainder of the English league season.
Undoubtedly fans will expect that their clubs will fire on towards bigger things in the remainder of the season but are such hopes realistic? Will the likes of Chelsea and Liverpool alongside Newcastle and Aston Villa really push
upwards in the English Premier League table? Most importantly, will the big names that travelled across http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749 in the January transfer window impress or depress in the remaining 2010-2011 season?
The first club under focus is Carlo Ancelotti’s Chelsea. After dishing out a whopping 50 million pounds for Fernando Torres, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 now need to reassess their short term as well as long term goals.
The Blues smashed the British record transfer fee which was set just minutes ago (before the signing of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fernando-Torres-c13707) by Liverpool as they paid 35 million pounds for Andy Carroll from Newcastle United. Chelsea’s 50 million pound
man is a dangerous buy to say the least.
For Liverpool, Torres was their main talisman, even when Gerrard failed to rally the troops; it was the ex-Atletico Madrid youngster who stepped up to make his mark on the team he played with.
However, the dynamics have changed now. Torres is now at a club which is already filled with superstars, he is no longer the man of the moment. In fact, he will definitely have to alter his attitude and his game a little to fit
into Chelsea’s ranks.
At http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809, Torres was running the show. The Reds had organized their formation to bring the best out of El Nino but will Chelsea take the same route? It still remains to be seen. Ancelotti thus has a headache of a different
kind now.
Already ten points behind Manchester United in the English Premier League, Chelsea are no longer the favourites to retain their league title but is Torres’s arrival scheduled to change all that?
It can be argued that Fernando will have definitely have a positive impact on the players at Chelsea as they will feel influenced and motivated by the big money arrival.
However, in practical terms Chelsea will also have to change the way they play now. At the moment, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Didier-Drogba-c11044 is the spearhead of Chelsea’s attacking force. Everything good about Chelsea stems from the Ivoirian’s aggression
and his ruthlessness in front of goal, nonetheless, Torres brings some diversity to the strength based Chelsea attack.
His ability to effortlessly glide past defenders and blitz to goal scoring form is something that will definitely bolster Chelsea’s chances in the short term as well as in the long run as the Spanish striker is just 26 years old.
When compared to the “Drog”, El http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Nino-c28051 is a better option to plan a team around. That does not mean that Chelsea will undertake this process ambitiously and hastily, Ancelotti is an experienced enough manager to realize that such
an approach will be suicidal at best in the short term.
But surely, the ex-A.C Milan manager is also shrewd enough to understand that the future of Chelsea lies at the feet of his 50 million pound striker rather than the 32 year old veteran war horse.
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