Andrey Santos needs reinforcements alongside him in midfield, and Chelsea have been backed to make a splash in the transfer market.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
If you enjoy Chelsea News coverage and want to see more of it, add us as a preferred source on Google to make us a favourite and see more of our content.<\/em><\/p>\n We were impressed by Andrey Santos on Tuesday night, and over the season he\u2019s established himself as a solid squad option. But the sporting directors have promised more experience and quality in this team, and midfield is one are they will need to do that.<\/p>\n On the London is Blue podcast, Matt Law pointed out that Moises Caicedo and Enzo Fernandez will miss the start of the season post-World Cup, and Chelsea need to be prepared for that.<\/p>\n \u201cI think there will be a new midfielder,\u201d Law said.<\/p>\n \u201cYou can\u2019t talk about needing \u201cready made players\u201d and \u201cexperience\u201d and then think that if Enzo Fernandez and Moises Caicedo aren\u2019t going to play that you\u2019re going to entrust the first two months of your season to Andrey Santos.<\/p>\n \u201cYou would have to have a ready made midfielder coming in to at least play next to (Santos). I think the midfield signing has to be one of the really ready made ones.\u201d<\/p>\n You can see their discussion in the clip embedded here:<\/p>\n \ud83d\udc40 @Matt_Law_DT<\/a> says Chelsea are likely to buy a new CM in the summer and why there is little inclination from the hierarchy to rely on Andrey Santos or Lavia as starters.<\/p>\n \ud83c\udfa7\ud83d\udc49 https:\/\/t.co\/YCvmywgN4i pic.twitter.com\/L0XE37VCgg<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 London Is Blue Podcast \u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f (@LondonBluePod) May 21, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Enzo Maresca is going to try and bring some of his Chelsea favourites to Man City when he takes over from Pep Guardiola this summer, according to some reports.<\/p>\n Chelsea had very little turnaround after losing the FA Cup final on Saturday, and Robert Sanchez has explained why that was difficult.<\/p>\n DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CHELSEA NEWS APP FOR ALL THE LATEST UPDATES \u2013 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON THE APP STORE<\/strong><\/p>\n Check out the latest edition of Simon Phillips\u2019 SPTC podcast here:<\/em><\/p>\nMidfield quality needed to take pressure off regular pair<\/h2>\n
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