Who Should Leave Chelsea?

The football season is approaching the end. Many football clubs have spent huge amount of money on acquiring new talents while others have received huge amount of money on selling their talents and the remaining few didn’t enter the players transfer bazaar preferring to go on in the battle with their current players. Now, it’s time for the clubs to make the assessment and the evaluation for each player. Prior to the clubs’ evaluation, we will present our own assessment of who should leave each club, whether a new or current player. This article will focus on the English Premier League side, Chelsea. Who should leave Chelsea?

Paulo Ferreira: No one doubts that the player who was once described by Mourinho as “a player who will never be a man of the match but will always score” is performing a mess at least in the few games he is participating in. After being the first choice for the Special one, Ferreira is now warming the sub bench watching both Bosnigwa and Ivanovic taking the lead on the pitch. He has contract till 2013 and Chelsea will be better off selling him since they have a first right back and a sub as well. It is also reported that Ancelotti will be offered a £100m to get new players and among the list is Maicon, who has proved to be a strong right back in Inter and Brazil. With changes apparently on the way as Chelsea rebuild for the future, it seems inevitable that there will be a clearout of players in the summer.

Deco: After an amazing start with Chelsea, Deco was looking to reserve  the central midfield position for a long term with Chelsea the injuries drove him to lose his place after Essien starred. With Deco advancing in age and with Chelsea needing more peaceful and speed players, Ancelotti surely will be looking elsewhere for a replacement for the Brazilian who is reported to be keen to return to Brazil in order to spend quality time with his family.

Yury Zhirkov: The over-priced player (£18m) and who hasn’t scored any goal in the EPL, is always considered by the critics to be a weak target for opponents. The Russian player who competed Arshavin for the best player in Russia, failed in surviving the competition in the Premier League where Arshavin had a successful track unlike Yury. He was lucky this year to see the pitch as he subbed the injured Ashley Cole. Zhirkov might be a good sub but for sure he is not worth the money being paid for him.

Henrique Hilario: Whenever Peter Cech is injured, the Chelsea fans will be full of fear for they know well that the team has no good substitutions for Cech. Cudicini, who was the second choice, was mistakes-prone and did not provide the trust needed for the team. After Cudicini left, Henrique Hilario stepped up to the second choice and this made the situation worse since Hilario has never proven that he is worth a position in a title challenger team. So, that’s why it’s highly reported now that Chelsea are looking for a better substitute for their Cech.

Juliano Belleti: It’s so strange how a team like Chelsea keeps a 36 years old player who is not considered an asset for the team. Belleti’s days are over long time ago and as the case of Ferreira, he has no chance in competing Bosingwa and Ivanovic for the right back position which is also expected to be filled with a new player like Maicon. Belleti will head the list of players leaving the Stamford Bridge.