“Not good enough” – Chelsea subs are embarrassing compared to PSG options; Delap a Championship striker | OneFootball

Chelsea’s squad depth isn’t good enough to see them compete at the sharp end of the Champions League, and Wednesday showed it.

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There’s a viral video going around from Chelsea’s defeat on Wednesday night which shows the Blues’ subs warming up in a line. The point of it is that, looking along the row of faces, you don’t see anyone who inspires you with confidence they’re going to come on and win you a Champions League knockout game.

That’s in stark contrast to PSG’s start studded squad. Despite Chelsea’s record breaking spending, they have ended up with a group that is still miles away from top teams like the Parisians.

Chelsea’s squad simply not ready to take on PSG and the very best

The guys on the London is Blue podcast put it perfectly:

“Chelsea took off Joao Pedro and Cole Palmer and brought on Romeo Lavia and Liam Delap,” presenter Nick Verlaney said.

“Liam Delap is a far cry from being a Champions League striker. He’s not even a Premier League striker right now. PSG brought on Khvicha Kvaratskhelia. He’s an incredible player.

“You look at the overall quality of the squad, for the amount of money that [the sporting directors] paid for all these guys. And it’s simply not good enough.”

You can see them discuss the contrast in the video embedded here:

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