Rare in the media, Gaël Kakuta, former Chelsea hope today at RC Lens, spoke in an interview with Onze-Mondial magazine. He mentions his time with the Blues in particular. Extracts.
Foreword: Kakuta’s debut at Chelsea
As a reminder, Gaël Kakuta arrived at Chelsea in 2007 at the age of 16 to finish his training started at RC Lens. This transfer is the subject of a dispute between the two clubs which will lead to a suspension of the player in September 2009 for four months. This sanction will be lifted following the payment by the London club of a transfer fee of 3 million euros to the French club. It was also in 2009 that he signed his first professional contract with the Blues. He will make his Premier League debut there in November of that season under Carlo Ancelotti.
His arrival at Chelsea
“Like any young player who leaves his training club to go to a large foreign club, I saw myself lasting at Chelsea. It was off to a good start. After that there were some complications. But I don’t regret anything. That, it must be specified. I will not lie to you, I saw my career differently »
The reasons for his failure with the Blues
I have my share of responsibility as Chelsea have their share of responsibility. I went on loan, we changed coaches every two years. Concerning myself, I was in competition with the French youth teams every summer. Suddenly, I returned to my club shifted, I always had to come back to prove myself. But when I came back, the team was already built. It was always the same speech: “yes, he’s the promising youngster, but I haven’t seen him in training”. So I was going directly in reserve or on loan. You always had to do the same thing all over again. It was complicated. The loans started and there I started to travel around the world (laughs).
The stars of Chelsea and the laughs of Carlo Ancelotti
From the first training session, I showed personality. I’ve always been like that. Okay. He’s a star but if he’s in front of me and I can put a pass of his legs to eliminate him, I’m not going to mind. Çaa directly more to Ancelotti. We were three or four young people to ride. With those of our age, they were super strong. But once in the first team, they just did pass control. I was going to get the ball over there, I eliminated, I gave, I asked for one-two. If it was necessary to slip a small bridge, I did not hesitate. Çmade Ancelotti laugh, bluntly. He could see that I had a personality. You have to show that you have personality, otherwise, you get eaten. It is a collective and individual sport at the same time. If you don’t have this personality, you’re going nowhere.
Find the full interview in the columns of Onze-Mondial of this month.
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