Izuchukwu OkosiChelsea midfielder, Carney Chukwuemeka recently granted an interview to Sky Sports and reiterated the confidence that the FIFA Club World Cup holders will bounce back from the current slump it finds itself when the expensively assembled new players integrate properly.
The London side are currently in ninth place in the Premier League table on 30 points, one place above a stuttering Liverpool.
The Super Eagles-eligible star has made nine appearances in all competitions since joining the club which includes an FA Cup game.
Chukwuemeka who joined from Aston Villa spoke with Sky Sports on his expectations of the team going forward.
“We have a lot of new players and I am sure that in time, we will know each others’ game naturally.
“Since my arrival at the club, it had been weeks of training, getting to know the club and the players.
“Thank God I made my debut eventually,” Chukwuemeka reiterated.
The Anglo-Nigerian admitted that it was a dream come true to be a Chelsea player, something most aspiring players hoped for.
“It’s a dream come true. Any young boy wants to play in the Premier League and it’s one of the best clubs in the world. I’m blessed,” the 19-year-old youngster who turns 20 in October this year further told Sky Sports.
One major factor in determining if the team would turn the corner is the star players’ fulfillment at the club.
Enzo Fernandez leads the cast of the many stars to have arrived Stamford Bridge but are bound to demand for starting places sooner or later.
The club owners went on a spending spree in the last two transfer windows and brought in several players in excess of a billion pounds.
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The jury is out on how they will perform after the much expected bedding-in period, but it is conceivable that some of the players would agitate for new lease on life should manager Graham Potter, or indeed any ‘world class’ manager/head coach that replaced him in the summer.
The Todd Boehly hurricane is sweeping through world football and the club could bring out the cash book again in the summer.
However, the hierarchy at the club are definitely mindful of the issues that Manchester City (and Juventus in the Serie A) are currently facing as regard financial dealings.
Chelsea’s next league game is against West Ham United. The kick off is 1.30pm on Saturday afternoon.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
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