Saúl Ñíguez, footballer of the Atlético de Madrid loaned in the Chelsea English, is having a difficult start to the season. The player from Elche is paying for the adaptation to a new club, a new city, a new culture, a new language … and a new football. The Spanish was fully settled to the reality of LaLiga and the Athletic, but his quest to regain prominence in the position that he best understands for him, led him to make the risky decision to accept a transfer in the Chelsea the last market day.
Now you have to work hard to change the situation you are experiencing. So far, the Spanish has only participated in three of the ten games that have been available for Thomas Tuchel, only one as a starter, the first as soon as he arrived and he only spent 45 minutes on the field because the German decided to change him at half-time. It barely adds up to 146 minutes in total.
An amount that could be increased in the appointment of this Tuesday of Chelsea. Tuchel meditates giving him ownership in a duel of the Carabao Cup, the English Cup, before the Southampton. The cup match can be a good opportunity for the Spanish player to roll and have minutes of competition, waiting for him to have more prominence.
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It will not be easy because in the demarcation in which he sought to participate by accepting this assignment, the midfielder, he has the competition of players such as Jorginho, Kovacic O Kanté. And footballers like Barkley but above all Loftus-Cheek, they have also advanced him in the preferences of the technician.
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This competition provides the opportunity to rest the key players for both teams, give some young and less common players the opportunity to get a few minutes in the first team. And if we stick to the last selection of Tuchel for the previous game of Cup against him Aston Villa, we are likely to see its stars rest tonight.
Tuchel has even hinted that a particular player will start tonight against him. Southampton, and he is a player who urgently needs minutes. Obviously it is Saúl Ñíguez. “These are the moments, when Carabao Cup, to give some players a few minutes, “he said. Tuchel on Monday. “Still, it must make sense and we must be fair to the players in their position,” he explained about Saúl specific. “Do we have your position available? That position where you can show your potential and then get better and better? Let’s see… ”, he slipped.
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