Former Blues star Glen Johnson has backed Chelsea to make a move to replace Robert Sanchez with Manchester City misfit James Trafford, who has been tipped to leave Pep Guardiola’s side in the summer
Sánchez joined CHELSEA from Brighton & Hove Albion in 2023 and has been used regularly as the club’s number one. However, his performances have occasionally come under scrutiny during a period in which Chelsea have struggled for consistency.
That has led to all sorts of speculation about the stars future at the club and whether Chelsea will sign a new stopper in the summer, and although former Chelsea defender Johnson believes Sanchez’s struggles have been overplayed, he has told his former club to make a move for James Trafford.
‘It’s very hard because form can change so quickly,’ he told Boyle Sports. ‘There have been times where Robert Sanchez has saved Chelsea in games and made incredible saves, but he does have that mistake in him.
‘As we know, if the keeper makes a mistake, it usually, nine times out of ten, results in a goal. So it can be literally game-changing. But I don’t think he’s been bad enough to say, ‘Right, you have to replace him.’ Because when he’s in form, I think he’s been fantastic.
‘He just needs to bounce back now and regain his confidence. Then I think he’s absolutely fine. He’s not bad enough to think he’s a must-replace player.’
‘James Trafford to Chelsea?’ pondered Johnson. ‘It worked with Cole Palmer, didn’t it?
‘Even that one at the time was a surprise to me, because I’ve never really seen him play before, to be honest. And the same with the goalkeeper, I’ve not seen him play.
‘But in terms of could it come off? Absolutely it can. It’d be unlikely, I guess, because it’s a big role to be the number one goalkeeper at Chelsea. You normally need a lot of experience, and you can only get experience by gaining experience, obviously.
‘But to risk it with a youngster like that, it could be risky.
‘Even if he was to sign and do a couple of years behind a number one and learn the club and learn everything that way, then of course in three years time or something, then he could easily be the main man.’
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