“Didn’t sit well with me” – Why £30m midfielder felt let down by Chelsea | OneFootball

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall has been speaking about his year with Chelsea, and he wasn’t entirely positive about the experience.

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Last season feels a distant memory at this point – Chelsea have their own issues to worry about right now.

But for some players, it will be fresh in the memory. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall only had one season with the Blues but ended up playing a lot last season, mainly in the Conference League and the cups. Still, it was less than he expected, and less than he wanted.

Dewsbury-Hall on “dark” period at Chelsea

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall looks unhappy in an EFL Cup game. (Photo by George Wood/Getty Images)

“There were times when it felt very dark. If I am not playing, I can feel useless. I am very emotional,” Dewsbury-Hall said in an interview with the Daily Mail today.

“I had a lot of options but signed for Chelsea genuinely thinking I was gonna play. I believed I could. I know I could. And then football is football. Things happen.”

“Obviously the competition was high. My rival midfielders were £100m players [Moises Caicedo and Enzo Fernandez]. It was a strange dynamic at times. It was quite fortunate for the club that the manager could field two very strong teams.

“But it was weird – it almost felt like no matter how well I played in midweek, I would not play at the weekend and that was the only thing that didn’t sit well with me.

“In football it’s important, if you’re playing well, that you get the chance to play. I’m a very emotional guy. If I’m not playing, I feel useless, basically. I feel like I haven’t got a purpose because that’s my life.”

We’re sorry to hear it was a dark time for KDH – but if he wants to blame anything. it should be his own overconfidence in playing regularly in such a stacked midfield.

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