Six players who can replace http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Michael-Essien-c25294 at Chelsea – English Premier League (Part 3)
After explaining how Scott Parker and Wilson Palacios can fill in the void left by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Michael-c25261 Essien’s injury in the Chelsea midfield, it is now time to take a look at the remaining players on this list who can replace the injured
Ghanaian playmaker...
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Raul-Meireles-c30678
Liverpool would be extremely foolish to sell Meireles but that is exactly what they are doing. The Reds are keen to cash in on their priced Portuguese midfielder after his wonderful season for them in the English Premier League.
Meireles came to Merseyside last summer under Roy Hodgson’s reign and immediately made impact. However the former Porto midfielder really rose through the ranks under the management of Kenny Dalglish in the second half of the 2010-2011 English Premier League
season. Meireles was played all over the pitch of Dalglish. Most of his time was spent in central midfield where he provided Liverpool with drive and steel down the middle of the park in absence of their talismanic http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Steven-Gerrard-c34196.
Gerrard will return to action in the upcoming season but that means that Meireles might not have a permanent place in the Liverpool starting line up, something that he deserves. Therefore Liverpool are keen on selling the 28 year
old playmaker who has the stamina as well as the willingness to play as a box to box midfielder which makes him an ideal replacement for Essien. When the Ghanaian midfielder returns from his injury, Meireles can play on the right wing for Chelsea where he
impressed for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 in their victory over Manchester United at Anfield in the previous season.
Lassana Diarra
The former Chelsea player might be open to a return to London if he is offered the right pay package and a guarantee to start for the Blues. The http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Real-c30728 Madrid midfielder is certainly a second choice starter with Jose Mourinho’s teams
and his chances of gaining a place in the Galacticos starting line up have deteriorated this summer thanks to the arrival of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Nuri-Sahin-c28251. Diarra is a fantastic player on his day. He has the ability to tackle like a bull and also to initiate quick counter attacks,
something that Villas Boas might be interested in.
He can play as a central midfielder till Essien’s return from injury and after that he can used exclusively as a defensive enforcer in front of the back four with Obi Mikel on the bench. Mikel’s performances mean that Diarra will
provide him with stiff competition for a place in the starting line up and that is exactly what Chelsea need to reinvigorate their squad on the whole after a disappointing end to the 2010-2011 season.
Cheik Tiote
The Newcastle United midfielder is under contract with the Tyneside club till 2017 which means that Chelsea will have to pay a hefty fee for the former F.C Twente midfielder. However Tiote’s performances in the 2010-2011 season
showed that he is more than capable of playing for a top four team as he contributed impressively to Newcastle United’s first comeback season in the English Premier League.
Sometimes hot tempered, Tiote will be a fantastic addition to a Chelsea squad which is aging as he is just 25 years old. Moreover his aggressive approach will compensate for Essien’s loss which is what http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 were missing last
season when they finished second level on points with Manchester United nine points behind the eventual champions, Manchester United.
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