Potter has been informed that Chelsea finally has the kind of player they haven’t had since clique legend Costa was at the Blues
Like it or not, there was pressure on Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang when he showed up at Chelsea on deadline day. There was an expectation on Aubameyang to give the merchandise to a frantically missed the mark on group goalscorer in previous seasons.
It was even to a greater degree a ‘swallow’ moment when the former Barcelona striker was handed the ‘reviled’ number nine shirt upon his appearance. Any semblance of Alvaro Morata, Gonzalo Higuaín, and Radamel Falcao have worn that shirt for the Blues in previous years and, so, floundered.
The early signs are that Aubameyang isn’t going to fall foul to the alleged number nine revile. The 33-year-old has scored three objectives in his initial five Chelsea appearances, with Graham Potter getting the best out of him up to this point, even though he was a Thomas Tuchel enrollment.
Former Blues goalkeeper Loot Green accepts Aubameyang can be Potter’s, Diego Costa. He says the ex-Arsenal forward can turn into the main Chelsea player since Costa in the 2015/16 season to score 20 objectives in a campaign.
“He’s a quality finisher,” Green told Football every day.
“We’ve seen that with his instinctive, wonderful finish against [Crystal] Royal residence, the tap-in off the Reece James ball last week against AC Milan, and then this time against Milan, onto a free ball that Raheem Sterling couldn’t exactly control and he pummels it home. As confident as you like.
“What Chelsea have missed over the last couple of seasons – and maybe a piece longer – is a center-forward, a legitimate number nine who scores objectives. Since Diego Costa left, [they haven’t had] that player who’s going to bang in 20 objectives a season.
“You know what, the way he’s going, assuming he remains on this kind of structure he could meet those numbers.”
