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Wouldn't mind a few of the Empoli players to be honest. They were fine defensively, only conceding 3 more than 12th placed Udinese who Leeds just bought Bijol from, just didn't have enough going forward.

Espositio (On loan from Inter)
Fazzini
Viti (On loan from Nice)
Goglichidze
 
I do have some concerns about Saba Goglichidze but one thing that is 100% never going to be an issue is his physical attributes, the things we can't help him develop.

He's really strong, has a good leap on him but doesn't necessarily win enough of his headers (think it's a timing problem which we can teach) and one of the fastest players going. And that isn't an exaggeration, he recorded the 2nd fastest speed in the whole serie a last season
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My doubts come from his ability on the ball and sometimes recklessness, it's important to contextualize these issues to playing for empoli because they are a very poor side and never dominate games in that way. But he isn't an incredible passer in intricate play (empoli are usually struggling to progress anyway), made a fair few errors that led to empoli conceded and made some pretty nasty fouls.

He can however ping some really intelligent and impressive long balls and start counters, of course as mentioned is a huge asset for covering a fullback or fellow centre half and is very active in duels.

What's interesting is a lot of our centre back targets play in a back 3 like Saba, perhaps a switch of system?

For that price though I think it's a no brainer but he's someone who needs developing in order to become a top defender. We'd certainly need other options imo.
 
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Chelsea honestly have no clue or structure. It’s just stockpile in every position. I’m not sure why players agree to go there
Im sure I read Chelsea have around 38 players out on loan.
 
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