Friday, June 7, 2013

The Keys to Mourinho and Chelsea securing more silverware next season

Jose Mourinho is back in town! The Special One is back to the place he has always known he belongs, Stamford Bridge. However, let us not get overexcited; Mourinho has to complete a couple things if he wants to win anything at the Bridge.

1.) Learn this team's style
Jose Mourinho is not used to the fluent, passing based style that Roberto Di Matteo and the Three Amigos brought in; he always played a physical, pragmatic play based around Drogba, Robben, Lampard and Terry. He must learn how this team plays and how to coach them if he is to even begin to think about silverware.

2.) Sign a world class striker
Fernando Torres and Demba Ba will just not cut it; maybe in the Europa League and League Cup, but if Chelsea and Mourinho want to challenge for the Champions League and Premier League, they need a real, consistent, world class striker; someone like Robert Lewandowski, coming off a 36 goal year, and rumored to be for sale; or maybe Wayne Rooney, who has also rumored to want to be out; or Edison Cavani, who scored 38 goals in 43 appearances for Napoli in the Serie A, winning the golden boot. Maybe even go after one of Mourinho's Madrid strikers, Karim Benzema and Gonzalo Higuain. But the Blues must sign a top striker this summer.

3.) Move David Luiz to center defensive mid
The Brazilian solted into that spot during much of Chelsea's Europa League campaign, and indeed helped them win that competition. He would give Mourinho great long balls up to the striker, speed and power shots, and an extra defender in front of the back line. His free kicks are prolific; all in all, he is best suited for the center-defensive-mid spot. So play him there!