January is almost a month away and so far, the Blues have had mixed results this season with us currently in 4th place on 21 points, behind Southampton, Liverpool and Arsenal. Jose would be looking to buy some new players in January and now, lets take a look at who he could buy.
Goalkeeper: Here is a position that doesn’t look like it could change at this season, we will have to worry about that next season. Cech has been a consistent keeper for Chelsea in the past 9 years and although, he has not been impressive in the last match against WBA, Jose won’t look over to buy any new Gk, as Schwarzer has already been brought in as a backup to Cech for at least this season. We may have to worry about Courtois’s future at this club next season, after the World cup.
Defenders: Well, let just say something could happen to the amount of defenders we will have after January. In the Center back position, Terry is having one of his best season under Jose since back in 2004, Cahill has been a favorite by the fans this season to start ahead of David Luiz, who has had not his best performance in a blue shirt this season. Our full back positions, the right back seems have to no problem as Ivanovic has always managed to give an amazing performance and when he is benched, Azpilicueta didn’t fail to impress as well. But the left back position is where problems have started to arise, Cole seems to have gone past his best, he could leave this season or next season, Bertrand has injuries and is still in the process of learning, Jose has even played Azpi in that position, where he has given an average performance. This is a position that should be improved when January comes, Jose can either go for Luke Shaw(whose favorite club is Chelsea) or latest rumours from Mirror suggest that Chelsea could go for Sevillas’ Alberto Moreno and include Ashley in the deal. Well, we will have to wait before any of this could come true
Lampard has seem to fallen out of favour with the fans everytime he is picked as one of the double pivots
Midfielders: This is a position which really really needs to be improved as soon as the January transfer window opens, the attacking trio position doesn’t need any improvements as we have the talents of Mata, Hazard, Oscar, De Bruyne, Willian and Schurrle. What needs to be improved is the double pivot position or the two CDM’s, Ramires has been very impressive in that position all the time but due to Jose’s selection of Lampard partnering with Ramires, it doesn’t add the right flair or the perfect CDM’s to support the defenders, on the other hand Mikel and Ramires partnership has been the best out of all and we are yet to see Essien start a league match this season. Chelsea could bring back interest to sign De Rossi or go for Marsielle’s Giannelli Imbula. This should be a medium priority when January comes.
Out of the three, Torres has been impressive and Eto’o as well but Ba has fallen out of the order and could leave in January
Forwards: The number one priority, ever since Didier Drogba left the club, this position is what Critics have crtiscized chelsea for not improving, Torres has been on and off form and injuries have kept him sidelined, Eto’o has begun to show his form, so far scoring 4 goals in 4 matches, and Ba has fallen down the pecking order under Jose. According to reports, Ba could leave for Turkey with Besiktas his most likely choice. Due to our strikers not scoring, we have failed to win a few matches or at least secure the 3 points. Now, Jose said himself he wants Falcao at Chelsea, who would cost around 60 million pounds or wait for Lewandowski, who mentioned he will let everyone know which club he will join at the end of the season. Third option was Jackson Martinez who we couldn’t sign but we bought Eto’o in. Expect a lot of rumours as to how many strikers we will be linked with when January comes.
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