Chelsea have been handed a lift of their pursuit of a brand new striker, as a key goal of theirs would apparently love to affix them no matter whether or not they obtain Champions League soccer for subsequent season.
Chelsea seal big Man United win in race for Champions League place
Marc Cucurella’s strike twenty minutes from full-time sealed a treasured three factors for Enzo Maresca on Friday evening, with the Spaniard scoring Chelsea’s solely objective of the sport in a 1-0 win over Man United.
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The victory at Stamford Bridge places Chelsea in an excellent place heading into their last Premier League sport of the season towards Nottingham Forest, and even when Nuno Espirito Santo’s facet beat West Ham on Sunday, Maresca is aware of {that a} win on the Metropolis Floor would assure Champions League soccer subsequent season.
“Crucial. At this stage of the season it is vital to win video games,” mentioned Maresca about Chelsea’s 1-0 win over Man United.
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Race for Champions League qualification |
Factors |
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2. Arsenal |
68 |
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3. Newcastle United |
66 |
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4. Chelsea |
66 |
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5. Aston Villa |
66 |
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6. Man Metropolis |
65 |
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7. Nottingham Forest |
62 |
“We additionally concentrate in the best way we win the sport. I feel tonight we struggled on the ball as a result of we did not count on them to be so aggressive man-to-man. I used to observe 5, six, seven video games of the opposite staff. I’ve by no means seen them so aggressive man-to-man. So that they stunned us a bit of by that.
“I feel between the primary half and the second half we created sufficient possibilities to should win the sport.
“It is essential for positive, however the motive why I used to be so blissful on the finish is as a result of United beat Metropolis away, drew with Metropolis at house, drew with Liverpool, drew with Arsenal. So that they know find out how to play towards an enormous staff. So I anticipated, drew with us away, so I anticipated a really robust sport.
“The explanation why I used to be blissful was particularly as a result of we beat a staff that towards Arsenal, Liverpool, Metropolis, it was tough to beat them.”
The significance of a prime 5 end can’t be understated, particularly in terms of the membership’s switch plans, and Maresca has already confirmed their European standing can have a direct impact on their summer time recruitment.
That being mentioned, there’s one goal who’d be desirous to make the transfer to west London anyway – Napoli outcast Victor Osimhen.
The £172,000-per-week marksman, at the moment on mortgage at Galatasaray, was a prime goal for Chelsea final summer time earlier than his momentary change to the Turkish Süper Lig giants, however a transfer in the end did not materialise.
As per journalist Simon Phillips, Chelsea stay within the race for him this yr, and it’s believed that Osimhen would nonetheless love to affix the Blues, even when they do not find yourself qualifying for Europe’s most prestigious competitors.
“Chelsea are ‘nonetheless there’ for Napoli striker Victor Osimhen,” mentioned Phillips. “The participant has at all times been eager to affix Chelsea no matter Champions League soccer, and he’s nonetheless eager now. The deal was labored on arduous final summer time, and the assumption from our insiders is that his wage calls for wouldn’t be as astronomical because the media are portraying.
“Chelsea can simply return into the deal and our sources imagine that it wouldn’t even be that tough to come back to an settlement.”
The 26-year-old would nonetheless be costly, although, and Chelsea would nonetheless have to interrupt their wage construction to seal a deal, Phillips later defined.
Even so, Osimhen’s goalscoring kind over the previous couple of seasons closely suggests he’d improve Maresca’s striker choices.
