Nkunku: the solution to Chelsea’s attack?

2023-06-12 21:57:22

Nkunku celebrating a goal | Image: @DFBPokal_EN

The 2022/23 season, of the team blue It’s been one of the worst in recent times. and despite the fact that there were several factors for the course not to be the right one, the club from beginning of the year has worked so that the 2023/24start with a restructuring of the workforce is as coherent as possible. Given this, in the absence of an official announcement by both parties, the arrival of They fall to Chelsea could give the club many solutions that were presented in this football year.

Versatility in attack

Despite having started his career as a professional in the midfield, Nkunku has evolved his style of play, integrating more into a second striker profile with a lot of vision, as well as creativity with what he can support in the midfield, carve out a space and dribbling past the rival to constantly face the goal with his speed, which allows him to have a great goal conversion (one goal every 119 minutes).

Also, as I did during Nagelsmann’s time at Leipzig, he has a knack for initiating attacks on the wings, mainly the left sector, and then cutting towards the center of the field to find a space for a shooting position.

Nkunku with his scorer of the season award. | Image: @RBLeipzig_EN

Double fingered in goals and assists

One of Chelsea’s main shortcomings was that they were unable to convert attacking opportunities into goals, thus positioning themselves among the teams that scored the fewest goals in the Premier with 38, their top contributor being Kai Havertz with 7.

In the case of Nkunku since his explosion in the Bundesliga during the 21/22 season, he has a total of 36 goals and 17 assists in 59 games, which has led him to be part of the French team, where he has played 6 official matches.

It remains to be seen if the Chelsea board of directors will seek to make another addition in attack with the departures that may occur during the summer market, but for now a footballer has arrived in accordance with the conditions of the Premier League that will give a lot to analyze in your stay.