{"id":5333,"date":"2026-09-19T18:16:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T18:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/footballars.xyz\/?p=5333"},"modified":"2026-09-19T18:16:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T18:16:20","slug":"chelseas-early-season-woes-make-liverpool-transfer-saga-even-more-painful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/?p=5333","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea’s early season woes make Liverpool transfer saga even more painful"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Chelsea have entered the extended international break off the back of three Premier League games in a row without a win, and have left them looking back at recent transfer business with a heavy heart.<\/strong><\/p>\n

No top-flight side have conceded more than Chelsea so far this season, with Xabi Alonso joining an unwanted club of managers<\/a> to have conceded two or more in his first five league games.<\/p>\n

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Maxence Lacroix has been a strong addition, but after losing Trevoh Chalobah and Benoit Badiashile, many believed the Blues would be strengthening their backline more leading into this season.<\/p>\n

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Chelsea\u2019s missed opportunity of Jeremy Jacquet will hurt even more now<\/h2>\n

There was an intention to do so in January when Chelsea made an effort to sign Jeremy Jacquet<\/a>, likely adding him to the first team squad at the end of the 2025\/26 campaign.<\/p>\n

As the Blues weighed up all of their options, including recalling Mamadou Sarr<\/a> from Strasbourg, Liverpool swooped in and finalised a deal for the Frenchman and have now added him to their first team squad.<\/p>\n

It hasn\u2019t taken Jacquet long to establish himself as a regular alongside Virgil van Dijk, and instantly prove he is ready to compete at the top end of the Premier League.<\/p>\n

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Chelsea\u2019s player ratings after that disastrous performance\u2026 do you agree with us?<\/h3>\n

Who deserves higher and who deserves even lower? \ud83d\ude33<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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If Chelsea had been more thorough with their approach back in January, he could easily of been starting instead of Wesley Fofana last night, who struggled yet again.<\/p>\n

Opportunities may have been more limited for Josh Acheampong though, who has been one of the success stories of the season after earning regular minutes under Alonso.<\/p>\n

The Blues need significant improvements at the back urgently though, and they will look in envy at Anfield and how Jacquet has proven to be a very smart decision, knowing he could have been theirs.<\/p>\n

It feels likely that Chelsea will return to the scene of a potential new centre-back again when the transfer window opens again in January.<\/p>\n

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