It seems like Mauricio Pochettino is having his way at Chelsea. Since his appointment, the club has released more players than it could field on a team, and signings are now beginning.
In the space of one week the Blues have hit a wall with Moises Caicedo but also added French teenager Lesley Ugochukwu to their squad for pre-season. Not quite a true replacement for Caicedo, it is still evidence just how quickly things can change.
Todd Boehly is prepared to put everything on the line for the final four weeks of the window in order to give Pochettino the greatest possible start to the season after being sluggish to the starting blocks for incomings owing to mass departures.
Axel Disasi now appears destined to follow Ugochukwu out of Stamford Bridge and the world of football.London is aware that Robert Sanchez, the custodian for Brighton, is a serious prospect to join them.
After keeping an eye on the 25-year-old for a while, the Blues have made a bid for him. Under Graham Potter on the south coast, he developed into one of the league’s most talented young goalies, but Roberto De Zerbi has lost interest in him. At AMEX Stadium, Jason Steele is preferred.
Roberts is a highly thought of goalkeeping coach and has remained with Chelsea past Potter’s exit. He will be working with Toni Jiminez, Pochettino’s right-hand man with the gloves. Now, with the goalkeeper position still being one of complete uncertainty at Stamford Bridge, there has been another twist to the tale.
