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Rumour Watch- Lesley Ogechukwu

Have taken time to post this as I wanted to have a real look at him.

Once again, the chelsea technical staff caught the fans unaware with Lesley's acquisition. Unheard off in the rumours just like it happened with Gusto, Mudryk, Angelo and recently Disasi.

To analyse this guy, we must first remember he is only 19 and still at the germination stages of his career. Looking at him in comparison to Caicedo would give you a biased conclusion. I also believe his signing does not in any way affect the Caicedo deal

The boy is not as bad as people may want us to believe. Yes he is still green but with glimpses of brilliance for his age in that position. He is aggressive and tries to dominate possessions. His long range passing is perhaps one of the highly developed side of his game. His dribbling I would say is in no way inferior to Gallagher. While Gallagher is abrasive in tackles, Lesley adopts a scan and wait approach with his marking. A number of times, he'd go in a poorly calculated tackle as much as Gallagher does.

His ability to maintain possession even in highly marked environments using his body is one of his strengths. He is also fairly good in marking, movement, pace and strength. His passing is as good as Gallagher and Casadei.

When some say he is technically inept, its biased and wrong. I'd say that save for his passing, he is technically as good as Jorginho for now with slightly better defensive skills than J5. For most defensive midfielders save for a few, you'd say that his techniques is as much developed considering his age

While his game is not fully developed, I should say that he is the type of player that can be utilized now to unshackle Enzo potential. Having Okechkwu for 23M and Selling Gallagher for 45M is a no brainer. Given a choice between the two even without the financial fee involved, I'd take the kid any day any time.

Would I send him on loan? No. The kid would learn plenty in this evolving team under Pochetino than on loan. This is because his game needs slight polishing to for him to be top class. Positioning and ball recovering techniques is all it would take to make this kid as good as any defensive midfielder in the EPL.

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Analysis on Axel Disasi :

🟢 65.8% aerial duel success rate ranks him higher than Dias and Saliba

🟢 A progressive passer and carrier

🟢 Excellent back foot defender

🟠 Can be too aggressive

🔴 Not very agile, wide area defending

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