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Chelsea willing to offer these FIVE players in multiple swap deal for £60M Premier League star.

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  Reports have claimed that Chelsea are now willing to part ways with multiple players in an attempt to get one signing over the line this summer. It is believed that the club will want to move on a number of first team players this summer in order to facilitate the addition of new ones.  While there is no immediate need to raise funds before June ends, they will want to make some profit that allows them to spend big on a new signing or two. If reports are to be believed, their current number one target is Michael Olise from Crystal Palace. While there are a number of sides eager to secure his signature, the Blues took a decent step towards a deal yesterday when it emerged they had met the Premier League club to ask for talks. It also was said that they were willing to pay the release clause of £60m. Now, the  Mail Online  have claimed that the Blues would also be willing to offer a number of fringe players if that is a method Palace would pr...

Four reasons why Chelsea should not keep Mauricio Pochettino.

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  Unpopular opinion We looked at a review from WAGNH and here are their four solid reasons why Chelsea should not keep Mauricio Pochettino next season:  1. Outdated style of football: Pochettino’s style evolved a decade (and a half) ago during the rise of  gegenpressing , an intensive running and often chaotic brand of football originating in Germany and spearheaded by Jürgen Klopp.  In the meantime, even Klopp (reportedly under the influence of his assistant Lijnders) migrated towards Guardiola’s positional, controlled style, has adapted to modern football which nowadays consists of exclusively positional approaches inspired by Pep with all the young coaches being direct or indirect disciples of Guardiola. Not too long ago, Klopp almost exclusively played a similar type of football to Poch (often referred to as  gegenpressing ), which led him to thrive against big teams and often struggle against anyone who sat deep and let his  Liverpool  team have ...