Transfer News: Chelsea target's father Josko Gvardiol holds meeting with Thomas Tuchel.
Tino Anjorin and Trevoh Chalobah earned some praise from Thomas Tuchel after their display for Chelsea against Tottenham (h/t Metro). Both youngsters impressed as the London sides played out a 2-2 draw in their preseason friendly.
Preparations are going on for the start of the season as Chelsea continue to play their friendly games. The Mind Series tournament is currently being played between Chelsea, Arsenal and Spurs. In the last game, Chelsea produced a fantastic showing and got their goals through Hakim Ziyech.
A lot of Chelsea’s bright youngsters have been featuring over these games. Tino Anjorin was a name that was close to breaking into the first team last season. But with Chelsea fighting for trophies on all fronts, the youngster did not get that many chances. Tuchel spoke about the same.
“I’m a bit sad because he trained so, so well for us in the last half-year, but the race for top four was on and there were so many decisive matches every three days, so it wasn’t the time to try stuff with young players. But he always showed his quality in training. When the season ended we agreed he stays for pre-season and he’d get the minutes he deserves. Unfortunately, before the first friendly, Tino was the guy to test positive for Covid and really suffered for ten, 12 days. You could see today that it was the first time he was back on the pitch and it was a lot for him to start with 30 minutes.”
Another youngster, Trevoh Chalobah was also in action. The defender was at Lorient last season but featured against both Spurs and Arsenal in Chelsea’s pre-season friendlies. Tuchel was visibly impressed with his performances and directed some praise towards him.
“We know him from Lorient and Chalo has done very well in pre-season. We wanted to continue in the back three, so there was space in the back until Zouma and Toni [Rudiger] arrived. Then there was one space left but then Andreas Christensen, Reece and Azpi are back then there is a huge competition for him. He’s done very well in both games and within his potential and limits that was nice to see. He played a good match, I agree.”
Exactly what plans Tuchel has for both of them is unclear at this point. They are obviously talented and are showing that right now, but with most of the first-team stars returning, it’s hard to see them displacing their more established counterparts.
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