THERE have been so many comings and goings from Chelsea’s bloated squad following Todd Boehly’s £1billion splurge that even those printing the team sheets are losing track.
One Blues bod accidentally listed Andrey Santos in place of new boy Cole Palmer on the printed sheets handed to media and corporate boxes ahead of the game.
It’s embarrassing enough to list two Chelsea players the wrong way around, but gets all the more worrying when you remember that Brazilian Santos is on loan at Nottingham Forest.
Santos, 19, was signed from Vasco da Gama for £11million and has never played a game for the Blues.
The midfielder, who has made just one appearance for Forest so far, was listed accidentally alongside Palmer’s No20.
Though the England Under-21 man signed from Manchester City was named in the team Chelsea tweeted out and, more importantly, the list handed to match officials by Mauricio Pochettino’s coaching staff.
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Baffled fans took to social media to react to the error, with one person tweeting: “Well, I guess Andrey Santos isn’t getting any minutes for Nottingham Forest…”
Another added: “To be fair it looks like Santos has as much chance of playing for #CFC right now as #NFFC for some reason.”
While a third wrote: “THEY PUT ANDREY SANTOS AS THE CHELSEA HOLDER! Wasn’t he at Forest? HOW BAD THIS TEAM IS!”
Pochettino’s side have endured a terrible start to the season.
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The Blues currently sit 14th in the Premier League table with five points from six games.
But Poch has insisted that his team just needs a boost in confidence.
Following Sunday’s 1-0 defeat to Aston Villa, he said: “Work, trust in them, confidence.
“We have the squad we have, we need try to build the confidence and give them all of the support they need because they need to perform on the pitch.
“The performance is good, not excellent but we are missing goals.”
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
