One of Chelsea’s summertime signings has been tipped to permission the nine little than six months aft arriving astatine Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea spent good implicit £200m past summer, continuing their bonzer spending spree nether Todd Boehly, but immoderate caller signings are struggling to marque an impact.
While £54m signing Pedro Neto has deed the crushed running, the likes of Joao Felix and Jadon Sancho are struggling for game-time.
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall has besides endured a hard spell successful westbound London since his £30m determination from Leicester City and could soon beryllium heading for the exit doorway astatine Stamford Bridge, according to Emmanuel Petit.
Petit, who spent two-and-a-half seasons astatine Chelsea, has tipped Dewsbury-Hall for a indebtedness determination and says helium ‘looks similar the caller Danny Drinkwater’.
Chelsea spent £35m to motion Drinkwater from Leicester successful 2017 but the midfielder lone played 23 games for the Blues crossed a five-year spell successful westbound London earlier being released.
Dewsbury-Hall helped caller Chelsea brag Enzo Maresca win the Championship with Leicester past season but has hardly featured this word and is yet to commencement a league game.
‘Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall looks similar the caller Danny Drinkwater astatine Chelsea,’ Petit told Casino Hawks.
‘He spent truthful overmuch clip connected the seat and ended up going retired connected indebtedness and that could good hap again with Dewsbury-Hall.
‘If I was a footballer being targeted by Chelsea, I’d beryllium very, precise cautious astir making my decision.
‘They person splashed truthful overmuch wealth and bought truthful galore young talented players that they person 2 oregon 3 teams successful the dressing room.
‘I’d person to talk with the nine to marque definite that the committee and the manager truly privation maine due to the fact that you’re taking a large hazard with your career.
‘If they don’t person assurance successful you past you’ll extremity up connected the seat and past successful the basal and past gone. Be precise cautious erstwhile you articulation Chelsea.’
While Petit fears for Dewsbury-Hall’s Chelsea career, helium believes ex-Wolves winger Neto could extremity up being the ‘the signing of the season’.
‘Pedro Neto could beryllium the signing of the season,’ Petit added. ‘Step by measurement helium has shown his qualities and his endowment connected the left-hand broadside and helium has been superb for Chelsea of late.
‘He’s taking vantage of a presumption wherever immoderate players person failed and that’s a large happening for Chelsea.
‘You tin spot that determination is much fluidity arsenic good with the strikers and their movements and I’ve been truly impressed with his performances.
‘He is often the main menace for Chelsea and present it’s conscionable astir improving his goals and assistance stats. He is playing with assurance and overall, Enzo Maresca should beryllium precise happy.’
Chelsea beat Leicester 2-1 astatine the King Power Stadium connected Saturday to proceed their promising Premier League run.
The Blues were wide tipped to conflict earlier the commencement of the play but are 3rd aft 12 games, level connected points with Premier League runners-up and London rivals Arsenal.
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