{"id":7114,"date":"2026-05-11T08:09:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T08:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=7114"},"modified":"2026-05-11T08:09:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T08:09:54","slug":"joe-cole-names-3-experienced-players-chelsea-should-sign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=7114","title":{"rendered":"Joe Cole names 3 experienced players Chelsea should sign"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Former Chelsea winger Joe Cole has named three experienced players who he thinks Chelsea should look into right now.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Cole has been on this train for a while now, like many others. Many Chelsea fans, pundits, journalists, and former players have all said the same too. They believe that Chelsea\u2019s squad build has been very na\u00efve at the least. Signing young and unproven players without adding in a few leaders and experience alongside them has been a massive mistake. There\u2019s been no balance with this squad build, and they have suffered as a result.<\/p>\n

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This is something that Cole has been saying for a while now, along with so many others. We keep hearing that the Chelsea project will be \u2018tweaked\u2019 this summer, whatever that means. But it will be a case of believing it when we see it.<\/p>\n

Cole puts 3 players forward<\/h2>\n
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The former Chelsea and England winger told <\/span>The Sun:<\/p>\n

\u2018I think of experienced players who can come into the squad and help out immediately. So you\u2019re looking at who\u2019s available, I\u2019m thinking players like\u00a0John Stones. Lewandowski, he\u2019s coming to the end of his contract, we need a centre forward.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018He probably fancies the Premier League and living in London, give him a year-long contract to come and play 35 games for us and help out\u00a0Liam Delap\u00a0and help out Joao\u00a0Pedro. They need those types of players.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

On other potential transfer targets for Chelsea in the summer, Cole went on: \u2018Jordan\u00a0Henderson, I said\u00a0Jordan Henderson\u00a0last season and people laughed.<\/p>\n

\u2018Look at what\u00a0Brentford\u00a0Football\u00a0Club have done, and nobody\u2019s going, \u201cHold on a minute.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018I know he\u2019s not been blowing the doors off on\u00a0Match of the Day. But he sets the tone, and he\u2019s helped players around him, all the untangible things you can\u2019t see.<\/p>\n

\u2018We spent all this\u00a0money\u00a0on young players, but they have no one around them.\u2019<\/p>\n

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