{"id":9115,"date":"2025-02-22T10:47:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T11:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/?p=9115"},"modified":"2025-02-22T13:05:10","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T13:05:10","slug":"chelsea-defender-tipped-to-replace-liverpool-star-as-the-best-in-the-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/22\/chelsea-defender-tipped-to-replace-liverpool-star-as-the-best-in-the-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea defender tipped to replace Liverpool star as the \u2018best in the league\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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One Chelsea star has been tipped to become the ‘best in the league’ (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

William Gallas<\/a> has backed Chelsea<\/a> defender Marc Cucurella<\/a> to become the ‘best left-back in the Premier League<\/a>’ within two years.<\/p>\n

Eyebrows were raised when Chelsea spent over \u00a360m to sign Spain international Cucurella from Premier League rivals Brighton in 2022<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Pundits questioned not only Chelsea’s decision to spend big on a full-back but also whether Cucurella could emerge as a key player at Stamford Bridge after just one mixed season on the south coast.<\/p>\n

But Cucurella has in fact been a mainstay in the Chelsea team over the past three seasons, making 87 appearances for the Blues and only missing two league games this season.<\/p>\n

Cucurella, who helped Spain with Euro 2024 last summer<\/a>, has been one of Chelsea’s most consistent players and Gallas believes he has the talent to become the ‘best left-back’ in England.<\/p>\n

Liverpool’s Andy Robertson has held that accolade for almost a decade butthe Scot’s performances have dropped off this season<\/a> and he has been tipped to leave Anfield in the summer.<\/p>\n

‘Although he isn\u2019t there yet, Marc Cucurella can be the best left-back in the Premier League,’ Gallas told Slingo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Marc Cucurella joined Chelsea from Brighton in 2022 (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

‘He is 26 so I think he has two years to reach his peak, I think at the moment you could still look at Andy Robertson at Liverpool as the left-back to follow but since the Euros, Cucurella has confidence and we\u2019ve seen some really good performances.<\/p>\n

‘Give him two years and Marc Cucurella could be the best in the Premier League.’<\/p>\n

Cucurella’s form helped Chelsea emerge as surprise title contenders in the first-half of the season but Enzo Maresca’s side have since slipped to sixth, with Champions League football now in jeopdardy.<\/p>\n

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Ex-Chelsea defender William Gallas (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

‘Looking at Chelsea\u2019s defence, the bad run of form hasn\u2019t surprised me,’ Gallas added. ‘Losing again against Brighton just showed me again that they lack leaders.<\/p>\n

‘They struggle to defend as a team, there\u2019s a lack of communication, it makes things so difficult to win games when you play against anyone who is organised.<\/p>\n

‘I think Manchester City will overtake Nottingham Forest into third, I think it\u2019s a battle between Forest and Chelsea for fourth.<\/p>\n

‘Chelsea at the moment look like they are going to finish fifth, they don\u2019t have Nicolas Jackson and the players are really short on confidence.<\/p>\n

‘The manager looks confused at the moment and can\u2019t seem to find a solution. Chelsea need to be careful because they could slip even lower.’<\/p>\n

Chelsea travel to Birmingham on Saturday evening<\/a> to take on an Aston Villa side who have gone five Premier League games without a win.<\/p>\n

For more stories like this,\u00a0check our sport page<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Follow Metro Sport for the latest news on Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong>Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Instagram<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One Chelsea star has been tipped to become the ‘best in the league’ (Picture: Getty) William Gallas has backed Chelsea defender Marc Cucurella to become the ‘best left-back in the Premier League’ within two years. Eyebrows were raised when Chelsea spent over \u00a360m to sign Spain international Cucurella from Premier League rivals Brighton in 2022….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9117,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9115"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9115"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9121,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9115\/revisions\/9121"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}