{"id":2700,"date":"2026-05-01T00:00:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T00:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=2700"},"modified":"2026-05-01T00:00:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T00:00:32","slug":"chelsea-one-or-two-good-transfer-windows-away-from-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=2700","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea &#8220;one or two good transfer windows away&#8221; from progress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Chelsea correspondent Matt Law says that Chelsea could only be one good transfer window away from major improvement.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>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<p>Matt Law isn\u2019t a Chelsea fan, but as someone who covers the club he sees everything that fans do, and feels pretty strongly about how things are going.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s been slamming the ownership and the sporting directors this week, but had some more positive things to say about the club\u2019s direction when speaking on the London is Blue podcast this week.<\/p>\n<h2>Chelsea can turn things around with one good window says journalist<\/h2>\n<p>Law compared Chelsea\u2019s situation to Manchester United\u2019s a year ago:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI still think they\u2019re probably only one or two good transfer windows away from actually pushing on,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMan United with one good summer transfer window and went from 14th to 3rd because of it\u2026 I know it looks impossible when you look at it, when you\u2019re in the midst of it. But actually a lot can be done with a good transfer window and a good coach coming in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s not wrong that things can change quickly \u2013 the issue is more than the direction of the club makes a \u201cgood transfer window\u201d close to impossible.<\/p>\n<p>You can see Law speaking in the clip embedded here:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-lazy tweet-img lazyload\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83e\udd14 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Matt_Law_DT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Matt_Law_DT<\/a>: I still think Chelsea are only 1-2 good transfer windows away. Man United had a good summer window &#038; they went from 14th to 3rd. I know it seems impossible when you&#8217;re in the midst of it, but a lot can be done with one transfer window &#038; a good coach coming in. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/r9jtfo0nTh\">pic.twitter.com\/r9jtfo0nTh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 London Is Blue Podcast \u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f (@LondonBluePod) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LondonBluePod\/status\/2049818744491544874?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>In other news\u2026<\/h2>\n<p>Liam Rosenior got himself in a bit of trouble at Chelsea for his communication style, and it looks like things were heading the same way at Strasbourg too.<\/p>\n<p>Andoni Iraola has emerged as a top candidate for the Chelsea job \u2013 but Manchester United are keen on him too.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CHELSEA NEWS APP FOR ALL THE LATEST UPDATES \u2013 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON THE APP STORE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Check out the latest edition of Simon Phillips\u2019 SPTC podcast here:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SPTC Podcast: Leeds fan Jack Durkin joins Jai Mcintosh to preview the FA Cup Semi Final!\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/td3C9ns6uiU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<section class=\"more-stories std-mgn-b\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<header class=\"col-s-12 std-mgn-t\">More Stories about <span class=\"topic\">Matt Law<\/span><\/header>\n<div class=\"post-container col-s-4\">\n<p>\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"img-cntr\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" 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(min-width:920px) 290px, (min-width:680px) 30vw, (min-width:394px) 130px, 33vw\"\/><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<p><!-- Article End -->\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea correspondent Matt Law says that Chelsea could only be one good transfer window 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