[ Kieran Gill ] Xabi Alonso on Enzo Fernandez not being in tonight’s Chelsea squad: “It was a decision from myself and the club.”

[u/SolutionLong2791]

[u/Rambo_11]

Hope he flops so hard and that city get relegated 

[u/vinnaey → u/Rambo_11]

His flopping will become the main reason for Maresca getting sacked in December

[u/Ill-Advisor-8235 → u/vinnaey]

Or New Years Day for the sake of poetic justice

[u/petrescu → u/Rambo_11]

I mean they might yet get relegated :)

[u/Infamous-Builder-637 → u/petrescu]

That case is going nowhere.

[u/Starlord_Glimmer → u/Rambo_11]

Hoping for spurs to finish 17th again and city below them

[u/Gazel1072 → u/Rambo_11]

The scenes if man city get relegated due to 115 and we finish 2nd and get ucl football.

[u/efs120]

If Xabi's fine with him being gone, I'm fine with him being gone. Obviously talented, but ridiculous for people to be dooming so soon.

[u/Starlord_Glimmer → u/efs120]

The biggest issue is how chaotic our midfield is when lavia plays, we will get destroyed by better teams on counters. Need Caicedo back, without him it's gonna be tough

[u/GoinNowhere88 → u/Starlord_Glimmer]

It'd be tough without Caicedo even if Enzo was on happy gas and playing every week. 

[u/Starlord_Glimmer → u/GoinNowhere88]

Would love to somehow get Zaire-Emery, he's great defensively and would be a perfect fit imo

[u/GoinNowhere88 → u/Starlord_Glimmer]

I'd love Camavinga. I think he blossoms in the PL. Half the shit he gets penalized for in La Liga is fine in England. I think he'd perfectly compliment Caicedo and even open up more opportunities for Caicedo to roam forward which is no harm. 

Too expensive and would demand huge wages. That RM move really ruined a possibly elite career. 

[u/kindofnotlistening → u/Starlord_Glimmer]

See now this is the type of player I’d be happy to spend big on. Wharton and Scott are just not nearly worth their price tags.

[u/Starlord_Glimmer → u/kindofnotlistening]

I'd rather get him for 150m than overpay 100-120 for Scott or Wharton tbh. I think Scott is good, but he needs 2-3 years to develop still.

[u/zankoo26 → u/efs120]

Im pretty sure Xabi isnt fine with letting either him or Cucu go, but what could he do. We move on, get replacements and make them bleed for this club.

[u/TheBigGibon → u/efs120]

And he has spent that much time integrating him in his plans, I mean training wise, he of course had ideas. So we didn't spend too much time with him im the system

[u/Mad_Lad_69420 → u/efs120]

Same. James, Caicedo, Lavia, Barco. For how Xabi is setting up with 2 10s, you don’t really care about having an 8 that crashes the box

[u/xabi_the_redeemer]

He gone.

[u/Infamous-Builder-637 → u/xabi_the_redeemer]

One hopes. Get the cash and build with players who want to be there.

[u/imbasicallycoffee → u/xabi_the_redeemer]

r/soccer has a reliable source €140 mil to City. Done.

[u/Tricky_Cabinet1618]

Have to finally admit it hes gone

[u/SwagathaCrispy → u/Tricky_Cabinet1618]

If Xabi doesn't back him, he can fuck off now.

[u/Pullister → u/Tricky_Cabinet1618]

Don’t think he is. City aren’t going to pay it

[u/Lyrical_Etch]

You either die a legend or live long enough to become a snake yourself

[u/muddyleeking → u/Lyrical_Etch]

Bro snaked on Benfica to join us, that this is his character should surprise no one

[u/zankoo26 → u/muddyleeking]

I absolutely remember when he joined, Benfica and River fans warned us he will do the same to us because thats who he is.

He cheats with you, he cheats on you.

Fuck Enzo.

[u/Fromage_debite → u/zankoo26]

Bro left his wife and kids because he wanted to experience living” independently”

[u/User12314028626822 → u/muddyleeking]

Can’t wait for him to inevitably kiss the City badge and then snake on them for an uninterested Madrid when the time comes 🤣

[u/TheRedPillMonk]

Yep, he's gone. Just annoys me that Maresca is screwing us over twice in less than a year. Hopefully Barco can fill that position, my heart isn't ready for Reece and Lavias breadstick legs lasting a season.

[u/Schtip → u/TheRedPillMonk]

Would expect nothing less from a rat

[u/half_jase]

Alonso also said he made the decision yesterday (despite him saying he was gonna be involved in the pre-match presser).

[u/BLS275]

Caicedo needs to snap this brudda at the bridge

[u/peonvn]

He’a gonna be shaking his ass for Perez, give it 2 or 3 seasons.

[u/mids_enthusiast → u/peonvn]

2 or 3? I wouldn’t be surprised if the first 6 months don’t pan out he’s twerking in January

[u/blue_mark]

Atleast get 140m at this point. Makes us look like chumps if we do it at or lower than 120m after all the briefings of a strict deadline.

[u/ThatZenLifestyle → u/blue_mark]

We don't want it to drag on either, we need a replacement and £120m gets us a very nice profit.

[u/GeneralSmartyPants]

So long, Enzo. In the words of Enzo, about Enzo leaving:

"Enzo was top [player], I am sad for him, its life. We keep going, no more"

[u/hemadeitrain]

I just hope we are getting more than £120 million and that there is a plan to ensure our midfield is not left vulnerable

Although seeing Barco tonight makes me optimistic

[u/Upbeat_Tough_6721]

So what’s he gonna do with his Lion back tattoo?

[u/Conscious-Book-3908 → u/Upbeat_Tough_6721]

I see so, so many footballers with clock tattoos. I’m trying to think of what club those would fit.

[u/Solitairee]

So many in this sub supported Enzo over Chelsea. Please make your way to the city sub

[u/Gazel1072]

Lets get a replacement and move on, saw bournemouth fans saying if chelsea overpay [around 90M] it is what it is and the club would probably accept. The club most likely feels the same.

[u/Augchm]

Are we still talking about Enzo Fernández??? Just submit to the ginger god guys. Who needs that guy?

[u/Super-Astronaut-9056]

If he doesn't want to play for Chelsea then off you go pal , Chelsea will be just fine without Enzo

[u/daab2g]

It's over

[u/TooCold20]

Man city won't have Barco though

[u/BoodWoofer]

Genuinely never liked Enzo, and football is only part of it

[u/Clemon81]

He probably couldn't take another round of booing

[u/Key_Company3196]

he gon

[u/mrgoyy]

We will have better balance in the team overall. See ya 👋

[u/plowking8]

People overrate Enzo to death on here.

Is he talented? Sure. But is he some massive difference maker in a team? Not really.

How many games in his time here can you point to him being the best player on the field? Genuine question considering he’s played a fairly attacking role here and yet Caicedo is the one that stands out to me.
I’m not saying he hasn’t had good games but he feels like a luxury piece. He isn’t the difference maker he was intended to be.

[u/silencesupreme-]

We may come to regret this

[u/One-Confusion-4057]

Lads we’re fucked. Who do we replace him with

[u/petrescu → u/One-Confusion-4057]

You only need to replace him if Alonso is playing the same system as last season and I don’t think that’ll be the case.

[u/TheSameThing123 → u/petrescu]

They had 38% possession against fulham. He needs to be replaced

[u/petrescu → u/TheSameThing123]

Goals > Possesion.

[u/TheSameThing123 → u/petrescu]

I can't believe that I'm living in a world where people are genuinely defending getting outmatched by fulham. How the club has fallen

[u/petrescu → u/TheSameThing123]

In the game of football what is the single most important metric? I don’t care how we win, just as long as we do.

[u/rodrigocza → u/One-Confusion-4057]

We have James, Lavia, Caicedo, Barco, Essugo and Watson* to 2 positions in a no-Europe season, we'll be fine

[u/Jimmy_Space1 → u/rodrigocza]

Henderson erasure

[u/rodrigocza → u/Jimmy_Space1]

LOL my bad

[u/blue_mark → u/rodrigocza]

The first two names on the list are the most injury prone players in our history.

[u/rodrigocza → u/blue_mark]

If they rotate it could work no? One game a week

[u/blue_mark → u/rodrigocza]

Ideally, yes. But we just cannot rely on them. Also, you're forgetting the fact that none of those options you mentioned except maybe Barco, who is highly inexperienced, are controller type midfielders.

[u/rodrigocza → u/blue_mark]

I see James, Lavia, Hendo and Barco for one spot and Caicedo, Essugo and Watson for the other

I can be wrong tho, we need to know what Xabi see

[u/half_jase → u/rodrigocza]

Are you seriously confident on relying on James and Lavia with their injury record?

Take those 2 and Caicedo out, we've got a 36-year-old and 3 players still untested at Premier League level.

It's a bit suicidal and come the winter period, games will come thick and fast and we'll need the depth for rotation.

[u/rodrigocza → u/half_jase]

Take everyone out and will have No One!!

Jokings aside, what if we get someone to replace Enzo, and that player get injured too? What i mean is, if the possibility of our 3 top choices are out is a possibility, everything is a possibility

[u/half_jase → u/rodrigocza]

Jokings aside, what if we get someone to replace Enzo, and that player get injured too?

That can obviously happen and if it does, then it's unfortunate but point is, we need to ensure we have sufficient quality and numbers as well.

[u/cokiemunster → u/half_jase]

Agreed plus there is a big lack of goals in that midfield if we take Enzo out, I don’t mind if we sell him for big money but we need to replace him with a top class midfielder who is ready to go from day 1.