Joe Cole criticizes Chelsea's short-term thinking after former player Marc Guehi, who never got a first-team chance, returned to impact the game against Chelsea. Guehi's performance highlighted the club's missed opportunities in player development.
Joe Cole laments Chelsea’s short term thinking after elite defender returns to haunt them
Marc Guehi left Chelsea without ever getting a real first team chance, but was back at the weekend to make us pay.
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Joe Cole was working as a pundit on the Chelsea – Man City game on Sunday, and he had the same attitude as many Blues fans watching how the game played out.
With Trevoh Chalobah out, Chelsea were forced to play teenage left back Jorrel Hato at centre back. Meanwhile City had experienced Premier League player and England international Marc Guehi in their back line.
Guehi was of course a Chelsea player once upon a time, as Cole pointed out.
“I look at where Chelsea are as a club, desperately trying to find a centre-half, spending hundreds of millions of pounds… you had a kid [Guehi] in the building. He came from Chelsea from the age of six, we sold him to Crystal Palace and now he’s at Manchester City and he looks like he’s been there for 20 years.”
It’s a lament we’ve made plenty of times before, and it becomes especially loud when the defender is lashing in goals against you and looking very good indeed. Chelsea’s bad planning goes back a long way.
Another talent could be leaving soon – although Jesse Derry’s links away are only for loans.
Liam Rosenior’s attempt to stop Nico O’Reilly on Sunday worked for a while, but ultimately weren’t enough.
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Joe Cole criticizes Chelsea for their short-term thinking, particularly regarding player development and the failure to utilize talent like Marc Guehi.
Marc Guehi is a former Chelsea player who returned to haunt the club by performing well in the match against Manchester City, highlighting Chelsea's missed opportunity to develop him.
Joe Cole believes Chelsea's approach to player development is flawed, as it led to the departure of talented players like Guehi without giving them a fair chance in the first team.
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