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Ethan Ampadu

TheChelseaBlues said:
For sure, he represents less talent. For starters who knows his best position? Take a look around at who would be clamoring for his services if he was on the chopping block. 

FWIW I think the club need to figure out which position they want to see him play before anything. This is one thing that Tomori was also dealing with. He's played so much CB and RB, he was neither 
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Think in Tomori’s case having 4 CBs was an overkill especially with 3 in their early to mid 20s. Sooner or later someone was going to be left out in the cold. He should have been loaned out to get another full season, and Guehi drafted in his place. Your 4th defender should either be someone at the tail end of their career; a Lovren/Otamendi or a young player from your development squad; an Eric Garcia.

Same applies to the wingers; having 4 wingers is an overkill. 15yrs ago you could get away with rotating your team constantly to keep them fresh, nowadays you are better off keeping a leaner squad to keep every one motivated. Especially when you consider some players might be deemed multifunctional; like your Mount. You could argue CHO wasted a year also when he could have been loaned out and playing regularly. Next season with Pulisic, Ziyech, Werner capable of filling in, potentially Havertz if we get him and Mount if he continues viewing him as a pseudo winger, there is no reason to keep CHO stuck on the bench and feeding off scraps. Liverpool have Minamino, Shaqiri & Chamberlain filling in for their 2 wingers, James is the spare winger at Utd, Foden is filling in as the 4th winger at City.

 
Certainly a pivotal year for his career coming up ... he'll be 20 in September, so desperately needs to play. The club might even have him behind Marc Guehi at the moment as a centre back option ...

 
I hope Fulham takes him and has a starting role for him. Norwich wants him and they play similar football but is Championship the right level for him. I really want to see what he can do with a run of games.

 
I would have him over Zouma, Christensen and Rudiger right now considering their performances this season.

 
Its a crying shame his loan to Leipzig has been such a disaster. I was impressed with him when he played, there was confidence in his play and you could see he had leadership qualities.  

He is still young but has lost a year in his nurturing. This may prove costly in the long run but there is no denying he is a real talent. Maybe we should loan him out to Villa and John Terry can knock him into shape.

I know there is lot of blame being put on Kepa and the quality of defenders at the club but I can't help feel the whole defense lost confidence after the hot run ended and maybe Ampadu has done well to miss that. He was always confident on the ball and his inclusion may bring a bit more leadership to the back. His reading of the game and distribution would also be an attribute. 

The sensible view is probably to let him out on loan to a club that would really play him and buy in some experience for a short term fix. Stones?

 
He was really good in that Leipzig vs Tottenham match. Only problem i see is his height which could be problematic for a CB position. 

I see him more as a defensive midfielder. 

 
Just reminds me of Ake. 

Is he tall enough to play CB? Does he have enough in his locker to play midfield? Been shifted to full back occasionally. Really needs to just knuckle down in a set position. Probably won't be a world beater but a good rotation option, similar to what City now have with Ake. 

 
RIP Mourinho said:
Just reminds me of Ake. 

Is he tall enough to play CB? Does he have enough in his locker to play midfield? Been shifted to full back occasionally. Really needs to just knuckle down in a set position. Probably won't be a world beater but a good rotation option, similar to what City now have with Ake. 
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Maybe he can be the anchor that we're looking for?

 
Ethan has had a few injuries, is it injuries that have restricted his match time in Germany or just not being picked?

 
Strider6003 said:
Ethan has had a few injuries, is it injuries that have restricted his match time in Germany or just not being picked?
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Both. He basically sat on the bench until February and has a long term back issue since March.

From what I read on german forums he had one very good game against Spuds in the CL (didn't watch it myself though), but wasn't reliable in his other matches. He was only their 5th choice CB there and not even used as CDM.

 
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Munkworth said:
I read that and thought of RLC...
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Makes one think that our academy should prioritize fitness and especially core training a bit more. Tammy, Christensen, Ampadu and RLC are all lanky guys that would benefit from a bit more muscle mass.

 
https://x.com/ChelseaFCBlogs_/status/1295574503947489280
 
Munkworth said:
Probably seen all his mates getting minutes and thought “I’ll have some of that!”
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He played a total of 7 games and 277 minutes for RB last season. I feel this is going to be a huge uphill battle for him.

 
This guy is basically David Luiz without diagonal passes and vision. Thanks but no thanks. 

 
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