Sky Sports pundit Paul Merson has said that Chelsea should have gone for Manchester United defender Harry Maguire rather than splash £70m on Wesley Fofana from Leicester City.
Paul Merson believes Maguire would fit in well in Thomas Tuchel’s three at the back system.
“It soon comes around the World Cup, it’s November, it’s not like you can think, ‘I don’t have to get back into the team until February,’” Merson told Sky Sports News.
“If you’re not getting into the team and they go on a little run and you’re not playing, I don’t see how you can go to the World Cup. And he’s a big part of England’s World Cup, it would be a massive decision for Gareth Southgate.
“If I was Chelsea I would have gone for Harry Maguire, I would! Harry Maguire in a three is very good, believe me. He’s played for England and never gets ripped, he’s a good defender in a three.
“Chelsea have to play a three, he would have suited that. He’s an English player as well, sometimes they like English players.
“He plays on the left for England and you’ve got to remember, Chelsea dominate football matches as well. Plus you’ve got Thiago Silva who talks to players.
“Manchester United don’t look after themselves at the moment and that’s why he’s been out of the team.”
This Paul Merson is not mentally ok. What would a total dead wood like Harry Maguire offer to Chelsea. What advantage does English player have in football except idiotic, foolish, unrealistic, unreasonable and irresponsible media overhype that made Manchester City to waste £100m on Jack Grealish. The same way they have been overhyping Declan Rice trying all manners of gimmicks to hoodwink Chelsea to waste £150m on a player that doesn’t worth £50m. A quality player doesn’t take years to show. Erling Haaland’s one month is better than Jack Grealish one year at Manchester City. England has good players too but using overhyping to sell average player at huge losses to the buying club is bad.