'Surprised': Gabriel Agbonlahor can't believe Chelsea sold £25m player following Man City loss
Former Premier League forward Gabriel Agbonlahor has been reacting to Chelsea’s defeat against Manchester City over the weekend.
Chelsea lost 2-0 at home, with Erling Haaland and former Blues midfielder Mateo Kovacic scoring for the visitors.
Enzo Maresca will be hoping for his team to bounce back with a win on Thursday when they take on Servette in the first leg of their Conference League play-off tie.
Maresca wasn’t happy with Chelsea fans in the City defeat and will be looking for a more positive atmosphere at Stamford Bridge later this week.
Gabriel Agbonlahor questions Chelsea’s decision to sell Mateo Kovacic to Man City
Chelsea sold Kovacic to City last summer in an initial £25m deal. It was a transfer that surprised Agbonlahor, who is questioning it once again.
After including Kovacic in his team of the week, the former Aston Villa striker said on talkSPORT: “What I love about Kovacic, and I was surprised that Chelsea let him go, is that he’s one of the best midfielders at running with the ball as well. If you watch the way he plays, it’s so comfortable.
“He has got that acceleration when he drops a shoulder and dribbles past players. I saw it in pre-season when he set up a goal for Jack Grealish. He ran the length of the pitch with the ball and teed it for Grealish to finish in pre-season.
“And yesterday [Sunday] those Chelsea midfielders are thinking, ‘Oh, midfielders can do that?’ [Moises] Caicedo, [Romeo] Lavia and [Enzo] Fernandez don’t do that. Kovacic is one of the midfielders that will take you on, will commit you and he has got a goal in him as well.”
It was claimed that former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho was interested in signing Kovacic for Fenerbahce. But after covering so well for Rodri on Sunday, it is unlikely that City are going to let him go anywhere, especially this late in the transfer window.
Should Chelsea have sold Mateo Kovacic to Man City?
Having just a year left on his contract, in the end, Chelsea probably had no choice but to sell Kovacic to City.
That being said, perhaps they should have done more to try and keep the 30-year-old at the club. Kovacic is such an experienced player, something the current Chelsea squad is lacking, and is one of the best midfielders in the world when it comes to carrying the ball.
As per FBref, the Croatian has ranked in the 85th percentile for progressive carries among midfielders over the last year.
Chelsea do have Fernandez, Caicedo and Lavia. Lavia really impressed in the Man City game. But Kovacic has just shown his former club that they may have made the wrong decision by allowing him to move to the Etihad last summer.
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