“It’s time for a change” and “Enzo Fernández is quite limited”: why they bet on the Argentines in Chelsea’s crisis

As has happened hundreds of times in the circles of power, a bedroom indiscretion has exposed an internal one: in this case, that of the Chelsea dressing room. “It’s time for a change, if you wait it will be too late,” wrote one of the most famous English booties.

This is Isabelle Silva, or simply Belle. Who is she? The wife of Brazilian defender Thiago Silva. It was she who gave another push to Mauricio Pochettino who seems balanced on a thin ledge less than a year after arriving at the club.

His words came after the defeat suffered against Wolverhampton, another of the smaller teams which encouraged the disorganized Chelsea who hover in mid-table, at the same distance from the leaders and from the relegation zone: today, Poch’s team is in position number 11 in the English tournament.

The match against Wolves ended 4-2, but the Blues were recovering from the mistreatment of Liverpool who had beaten them 4-1.

Although Silva’s wife did not mention Poch in her “time for a change” message, fans quickly targeted the coach. This despite the Brazilian being fundamental in Poch’s defense and having played 21 of the 23 matches he coached in the Premier League.

The sentiment of Silva’s implacable wife (some time ago she argued with Timo Werner over an error in front of goal): “It’s karma, guys, because in every team I go to there is a striker who misses a goal. This Werner, what’s his name “We need a goal”, he tweeted) is shared by the fans who are already booing and booing the Argentine.

And according to The Athletic, the managers of Chelsea, the famous “dressing room”, are dissatisfied with Pochettino’s work. They think so The coach does not guarantee a leap in quality to the team “from a tactical point of view” AND? the concepts it offers “are limited”.

“Some sources close to the dressing room, who spoke anonymously to The Athletic to protect reports, suggested that training on tactical elements is limited and that players are essentially playing spontaneously. Others insist that this is not the case,” he says in one of the most important columns of the New York Times.

The crisis comes first and could be due to the departure of the controversial Román Abramovich, who had to leave Chelsea due to his friendship and his pro-Putin statements in the midst of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Todd Boehly, American tycoon, paid 4.97 billion euros for the club.

But the war in London seems to be against the Argentines. The other one who looks askance is Enzo Fernández. The world champion with Scaloneta arrived at the English club as a transfer figure. The Blues have put 121 euro seeds on the table to remove him from Benfica, how much is paid to break networks, a Haaland, an Mbappe (until Caicedo’s arrival for 133, it was the highest transfer in the history of the Premier League), and now they demand something from Enzo that he cannot give them. Looking at him with this attention, it is clear that so far his performance has not been accompanied by such an outlay in a team that cannot escape a spiral of bad play.

“My balance at Chelsea is a bit turbulent”, Enzo declared a few days ago. And in England they are already saying that the midfielder is seriously thinking of leaving.

It was published around this time in a medium specializing in transfers in England. According to the Football Transfers portal, the Copa Sudamericano champion with Defensa y Justicia is exploring an exit from the English club.

“Enzo Fernández, willing to leave Chelsea,” says journalist Jacque Talbot, who assures that his historic representative has started talks with “several clubs to explore possible opportunities for the talented midfielder”.

Talbot spared no adjectives when describing the Argentinian’s time at the struggling English club: “The youngster was described as a ‘complete midfielder’ when he signed, but His performances so far have shown that he is quite limited. “He hasn’t lived up to his price so far at Stamford Bridge.”

In the last transfer market, Chelsea invested more than 1 billion euros in reinforcements (1078, to be exact). A team that doesn’t work with Poch but that doesn’t work with Frank Lampard who had previously replaced Christian Lattanzio, who similarly couldn’t make it work.

It can be said that today Chelsea is far from one of the nicknames that honors them, The Pride of London, The Pride of London in Spanish. Despite this, at the moment only the two Argentinians seem to be in the crosshairs.