The arrival of Moisés Caicedo to Chelsea has not escaped pressure and criticism from journalists and fans, who point out that the Ecuadorian is not living up to the investment made by the English club (he is the most expensive signing in the history of the Premier League ).
Given this, the technical director of the blues, Mauricio Pochettino came out in defense of the tricolor midfielder, indirectly comparing him with Zinedine Zidane, French legend of Real Madrid.
Read: Moisés Caicedo: Why wasn’t the Ecuadorian called up for the match between Bournemouth and Chelsea?
For the Argentine coach, Zidane’s arrival at the Merengue team in the 2001 season is very comparable to that of Caicedo, despite the fact that at that time, Zidane was already a world champion with France and had just stood out with Juventus in Italy, another European giant.
Pochettino compared the first months of both players, remembering that Zidane did not perform well in his first months, ensuring that he did not fit into the Madrid game that had Vicente del Bosque as strategist at that time.
“I always use the same example. Real Madrid paid 70 or 80 million for a player called Zinedine Zidane. He was an incredible player, but after six months, you can ask the Bernabéu fans and they said: ‘Oh, what have we bought?’ “He started acting after seven or eight months. Zinedine Zidane was 26 or 27 years old. When you buy players who are 20 or 21 years old you have to be careful,” compared the Chelsea coach.
The truth is that criticism and insecurity have settled in at Chelsea, since it was the great animator of the transfer market in the Premier League, however it has not been able to crystallize it into positive results on the field, giving up ground in the table of positions.
This weekend, Caicedo was not taken into account due to a technical decision in the goalless draw between Chelsea and Bournemouth.
2023-09-18 16:12:11
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