Is either they sell Him or I will leave, I can’t not take this any longer, He’s Not ready to improve and if you tell him to pass the ball to you He will do otherwise”, Cole Palmer have now informed the board that He will leave by January if this particular Chelsea player is not sold
Is either they sell Him or I will leave, I can’t not take this any longer, He’s Not ready to improve and if you tell him to pass the ball to you He will do otherwise”, Cole Palmer have now informed the board that He will leave by January if this particular Chelsea player is not sold
Christopher Nkunku’s having himself a pretty good season. After almost an entire year lost to injuries, he’s been staying healthy and playing well. In fact, he leads the team in goals (10) as well as appearances (17).
Of course, those two numbers don’t quite tell the whole story, which apparently now also includes some growing discontent on the player’s part, at least if the Telegraph’s reporting from earlier this week is to be believed. It wouldn’t be an international break without some rumor-mongering!
“Increasingly frustrated with his lack of opportunities” is an ironic line to write about the team’s leading appearance-maker, but of course not all opportunities are the same. They’re not all balloon-worthy, you might say. It’s a bit of “Animal Farm” situation: all minutes are equal but some minutes are more equal than others.
This was always going to be the problem with Enzo Maresca’s rotation policy. In theory, having essentially an “A”-lineup and a “B”-lineup is a perfect way to spread out minutes, keep players fresh, and keep them busy and happy. In the real world, it’s the Premier League minutes that matter most. Those are the ones everyone wants, and Nkunku’s got less than 200 of them, even if we guesstimate a generous margin for stoppage times. And only one of those ten league appearances was a start: our very first game of the season in fact.
At 27, Nkunku is one of the oldest players in the squad. He’s also on a relatively shorter contract, which runs “only” for another 4.5 years, through 2028-29.
The Telegraph’s report adds that Chelsea would listen to offers only in the same ballpark as we paid to RB Leipzig in 2023, so around £50m.
