I’m a bit late in scripting this one due to all of the switch information that has been occurring and filling up our content material quota final week.
However off the again of Chelsea’s 2-2 draw with Bournemouth final week, there have been some extra direct auditions occurring, simply as there was with Liam Delap once we confronted Ipswich lately. Delap previous his audition with flying colors and consequently, we made contact together with his brokers once more, and in addition his membership, simply final week in an try and get him to Stamford Bridge this month. We have now but to essentially hear if that is doable, however Ipswich have been reluctant to promote this month and the sensation is that it might take a chunky charge to get him right here now. Extra on that in a sourced article immediately anyway, which you’d have had in your emails already.
However again to the Bournemouth centre again pairing, who Chelsea have a powerful curiosity in signing.
Illia Zabarnyi and Dean Huijsen are a younger pair of centre backs beginning each recreation for in type Bournemouth within the Premier League, they usually have been a giant a part of the explanation why their membership are in sixth place within the league presently stage on factors with us.
They had been each colossal of their groups 4-1 win over Newcastle United on Saturday by the way in which.
Towards Chelsea although, they weren’t nearly as good as they’ve been all season, notably Zabarnyi.
He was simply spun twice by Nicolas Jackson within the first half and seemed to hurry in an excessive amount of and over commit. His timing and choice making was off, and actually, he was ran ragged by Jackson in that first 45. I observed that within the second half, Andoni Iraola had moved Huijsen to mark Jackson slightly than Zabarnyi. Huijsen additionally had a tricky time with him, however he did handle Jackson significantly better than Zabarnyi did and managed to largely maintain him a lot quieter.
A buddy of mine who can be on this neighborhood was on the recreation dwell, and he took the time to ship me a message to say how impressed he was with each the centre backs. His opinion is one I price, so it was very attention-grabbing to listen to his views.
He stated to me:
“I have to say, I’d love us to signal Dean Huijsen or Illia Zabarnyi, each had been so good. Bodily gamers and may each participant. I observed how vocal they had been as nicely for such younger centre halves. That Huijsen will go to the highest I’m certain of it, each gamers will.
“I desire Huijsen out of the 2 that’s for certain, he’s a correct participant. They had been celebrating tackles and geeing up the opposite gamers of their crew; I really like seeing that. I might be entering into for him sharp-ish earlier than value goes up/different groups are available in for him. Can’t see him being at Bournemouth for lengthy. Huijsen coped with Nico significantly better.”
This was his view, so he may hear every part they had been saying and watch them very intently.
I feel it is a very attention-grabbing perspective and a few intriguing phrases on each gamers.
I have to admit I do very very similar to the look of each defenders, however for me too it’s Huijsen who elevates essentially the most and the one I desire, regardless that each profiles look respectable.
Huijsen is simply 19-years-old however he already stands at 6ft 5in tall and may even nonetheless be rising! He’s a tower of a person and as soon as he grows in bodily stature as nicely, he has the potential to grow to be a dominant centre again within the air and on the bottom.
Folks know what sort of calibre of centre again that I feel we want, however I could be combating a dropping battle with that because it simply isn’t how we recruit anymore, which is gloomy. We want a pacesetter, a dominant centre again who eats every part up and has some confirmed expertise and is a little more established.
I feel Huijsen is for certain a centre again who’s definitely working in the direction of being all the above, however he’s not there but. We want gamers for the right here and now. I in fact could be very happy if we signed him although, I feel he’s class and has the expertise to go to the highest, as my pal says. I feel we must always signal him for certain, however alongside one other extra established choice as nicely, as a result of I truly suppose we want two extra centre backs. Trevoh Chalobah will probably be bought, Tosin Adarabioyo I can see going very quickly too. We all know Axel Disasi is up on the market. Benoit Badiashile has main query marks and I feel we must always promote him too. So there will probably be house.
Positive, we must be throughout Huijsen, I feel he will probably be a HUGE defender as soon as he has totally developed. Zabarnyi, excellent too. He had a tough time in opposition to Nico and has issues to be taught, however he’s additionally nonetheless a really younger participant. He’s a high, TOP defender although.
Auditions, handed!
