{"id":4073,"date":"2026-05-05T06:51:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T06:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=4073"},"modified":"2026-05-05T06:51:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T06:51:02","slug":"as-a-young-player-why-would-i-sign-for-chelsea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=4073","title":{"rendered":"As a young player, why would I sign for Chelsea?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>At one point yesterday, Chelsea were down to 10th in the league but moved back up to 9th after a late Manchester City goal.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>It saved them some blushes of officially being midtable in the league but even still, 9th position is very dire for Chelsea Football Club. They should be nowhere near that position with all the money they have spent signing new players in the last four years since the new owners came in.<\/p>\n<h3>EXCLUSIVE! Chelsea contact former Blues player for shock return to the club this summer!<\/h3>\n<p><em>If you enjoy Chelsea News coverage and want to see more of it, add us as a<span> <\/span>preferred source on Google<span> <\/span>to make us a favourite and see more of our<span> <\/span>content.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Chelsea fans absolutely detest their owners right now for what they believe is them ruining the club from top to bottom. Another defeat yesterday, going down 3-1 at home to Nottingham Forest, saw many Chelsea fans leaving the game as early as the 75th minute because they\u2019d had enough.<\/p>\n<p>And former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher says he\u2019d never sign for Chelsea as a young player right now.<\/p>\n<h2>Carragher is right<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/icdn.chelsea.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Jamie-Carragher-on-the-Overlap-414x234.jpg.webp 414w,https:\/\/icdn.chelsea.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Jamie-Carragher-on-the-Overlap-630x356.jpg.webp 630w,https:\/\/icdn.chelsea.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Jamie-Carragher-on-the-Overlap-768x434.jpg.webp 768w,https:\/\/icdn.chelsea.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Jamie-Carragher-on-the-Overlap-770x435.jpg.webp 770w,https:\/\/icdn.chelsea.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Jamie-Carragher-on-the-Overlap-900x508.jpg.webp 900w,https:\/\/icdn.chelsea.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Jamie-Carragher-on-the-Overlap-1200x678.jpg.webp 1200w,https:\/\/icdn.chelsea.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Jamie-Carragher-on-the-Overlap-1536x868.jpg.webp 1536w,https:\/\/icdn.chelsea.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Jamie-Carragher-on-the-Overlap-2048x1157.jpg.webp 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width:1230px) 770px, (min-width:1020px) 62vw, (min-width:920px) 880px, (min-width:680px) 100vw, (min-width:394px) 394px, 100vw\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3822\" height=\"2159\" src=\"https:\/\/icdn.chelsea.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Jamie-Carragher-on-the-Overlap.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-156847 has-webp\" alt=\"Jamie Carragher on the Overlap.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/icdn.chelsea.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Jamie-Carragher-on-the-Overlap-414x234.jpg 414w,https:\/\/icdn.chelsea.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Jamie-Carragher-on-the-Overlap-630x356.jpg 630w,https:\/\/icdn.chelsea.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Jamie-Carragher-on-the-Overlap-768x434.jpg 768w,https:\/\/icdn.chelsea.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Jamie-Carragher-on-the-Overlap-770x435.jpg 770w,https:\/\/icdn.chelsea.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Jamie-Carragher-on-the-Overlap-900x508.jpg 900w,https:\/\/icdn.chelsea.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Jamie-Carragher-on-the-Overlap-1200x678.jpg 1200w,https:\/\/icdn.chelsea.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Jamie-Carragher-on-the-Overlap-1536x868.jpg 1536w,https:\/\/icdn.chelsea.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Jamie-Carragher-on-the-Overlap-2048x1157.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1230px) 770px, (min-width:1020px) 62vw, (min-width:920px) 880px, (min-width:680px) 100vw, (min-width:394px) 394px, 100vw\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3822\/2159;max-width:2048px\"\/><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jamie Carragher on the Overlap.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In fact, with his criticisms and concerns over the Chelsea owners in the last four years, Carragher was always right, even if he often got hammered for saying some of the things he said.<\/p>\n<p>As you can see in the video posted on X, Carragher yet again made some really good points and he is spot on.<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIf I was a young player, why would I sign for Chelsea?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>In other news today\u2026<\/h2>\n<p>Joao Pedro has said it was an early goal that cost Chelsea against Nottingham Forest \u2013 but he had no answers to why his team start badly even if he says he feels sorry for the fans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"main-title\">Four overpaid scammers who should be sacked right now were pictured at Stamford Bridge during the game yesterday looking very glum. A lot of our issues are their faults.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CHELSEA NEWS APP FOR ALL THE LATEST UPDATES \u2013 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON<span> <\/span>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\">Jamie Carragher<\/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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