{"id":293983,"date":"2023-09-26T09:35:45","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T09:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=293983"},"modified":"2023-09-26T09:35:45","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T09:35:45","slug":"frank-leboeuf-slams-clumsy-raheem-sterling-and-mykhailo-mudryk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/frank-leboeuf-slams-clumsy-raheem-sterling-and-mykhailo-mudryk\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank Leboeuf slams &apos;clumsy&apos; Raheem Sterling and Mykhailo Mudryk"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Chelsea icon Frank Leboeuf slams &#8216;clumsy&#8217; Raheem Sterling and lays into Nicolas Jackson, Mykhailo Mudryk and Enzo Fernandez&#8230; insisting the Blues should have signed Harry Kane to address their goal-scoring troubles<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Chelsea have scored just five goals in the Premier League this season\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Blues have already lost three matches under Mauricio Pochettino\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mail Sport&#8217;s new WhatsApp Channel: Get the breaking news and exclusives here\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Chelsea legend Frank Leboeuf believes his former side should have signed Harry Kane this summer and insisted their problems this season can be traced to the lack of an experienced striker.<\/p>\n<p>The Mauricio Pochettino&#8217;s era has got off to a rocky start at Stamford Bridge, with the Blues 14th on the table with just five points in six matches following Saturday&#8217;s 1-0 loss to Aston Villa at home.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea spent \u00a3400million on players this summer, with Nicolas Jackson and Christopher Nkunku bolstering their attacking options.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But the former has scored just once in six Premier League games, while the latter is out injured until the December and Leboeuf believes Chelsea missed a trick by not signing an established striker in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018That surprises me a lot, and I\u2019ve seen so many possibilities for them to score goals and they didn\u2019t,&#8217; he told ESPN.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/26\/08\/75839855-0-image-m-2_1695714682499.jpg\" height=\"488\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Chelsea legend Frank Leboeuf believes his former side should have signed a world class striker this summer to address their struggle in front of goal<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/26\/08\/75839467-0-image-a-4_1695714726671.jpg\" height=\"480\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Raheem Sterling has scored twice in the Premier League this season for the Blues<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Nicolas Jackson has a future, but last year he was struggling until the other striker from Villarreal got injured so he came on.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018After that, Enzo Fernandez is not a top scorer. [&#8230;] Raheem Sterling has never been a top scorer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He has been so clumsy in front of the goal, but he does have other qualities.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Mykhailo Mudryk we don\u2019t know what he\u2019s worth because he just came from nowhere for \u00a3100m.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018And the others, I don\u2019t know. Christopher Nkunku is injured so we\u2019ll have to wait until he comes back.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The Blues have invested \u00a31bn in the transfer market since Todd Boehly took charge of the club 18 months ago, but their profligacy in front of goal has been a key issue.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea scored just 38 Premier League goals last season, the second-lowest tally in a single campaign in club history after the 31 they scored when they were relegated in 1923-24.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/26\/08\/75839481-0-image-a-3_1695714718501.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mauricio Pochettino&#8217;s team has scored just five goals in six Premier League games<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/26\/08\/75839477-0-image-a-5_1695714739771.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Nicolas Jackson has scored one goal in six matches and missed a host of chances<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/26\/09\/75840511-0-image-a-25_1695715848341.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mykhailo Mudryk is yet to score in 22 appearances for the Blues\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So far this season, the Blues\u00a0have\u00a0missed more big chances than any of their Premier League rivals and should have the sixth highest expected goals total.<\/p>\n<p>But rather than 11.6 goals they have five \u2013 the joint third lowest total in the league \u2013 and have the second lowest shot conversion rate in the division.<\/p>\n<p>And Lebouef insisted Chelsea&#8217;s failure to convert their chances came down to the lack of a proven goalscorer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018If they have so much money, they should have bought Harry Kane or so many others,&#8217; the 1998 World Cup winner said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/26\/08\/75839899-0-image-a-7_1695714765690.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/26\/08\/75839945-0-image-a-8_1695714765706.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Lebouef believes Chelsea should have signed Harry Kane (left) or\u00a0Aleksandar Mitrovic (right)<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I see some players in France playing for Brest or Lorient, scoring goals like crazy, being a true striker, I\u2019ve talked about [Aleksandar] Mitrovic before.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Pick somebody with a little bit of experience who knows how to score a goal in the six-yard box.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Because we see that with Chelsea. It\u2019s not even the last third, it\u2019s when they are in the box and then they don\u2019t know what to do with the ball.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They\u2019re not clever. They don\u2019t pick the right choice. That\u2019s absolutely crazy.&#8217;<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12561189\/Frank-Leboeuf-Chelsea-Raheem-Sterling-Mykhailo-Mudryk-Harry-Kane.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea icon Frank Leboeuf slams &#8216;clumsy&#8217; Raheem Sterling and lays into Nicolas Jackson, Mykhailo Mudryk and Enzo Fernandez&#8230; insisting the <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293982,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Frank Leboeuf slams &amp;apos;clumsy&amp;apos; 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