I was close to saying the same the other day when I said they can still get second.
If it was 12 points I’d have confidence they could do it but that extra 3 points (assuming GIH won) might make it too much regardless of a big January spend.
If anyone could do something like that it’d be them.
Anyone else regretting that we didn’t take a punt on Sancho? I touted him as someone we should consider in the summer and I’m beginning to think we should have made a bid for him. That assist of his against Palace was pure class. The transfer fee (obligation to buy) is reported to be just £25m…Chelsea may have got a bargain!
Sancho is much better suited to possession-heavy play which is the way Chelsea operate, as opposed to the counter-attacking style that Ten Hag had United playing.
I think he would have been a good cheap option to replace either Martinelli or Trossard or at the very least give us more frontline depth.