It would be entirely unfair to single out one player for Chelsea's absolutely disastrous 2022/23 season. So we're not going to do that.
We are going to talk about Marc Cucurella, though, and how he definitely hasn't justified Chelsea spending around £60million on him in August 2022. Initially, it looked as if the Spaniard was brought in to provide support and competition to Ben Chilwell. And the fact he could slot in at left centre-back was something that appealed to Thomas Tuchel.
Cucurella was a man in demand. Manchester City wanted him with Pep Guardiola understood to be a big admirer of the left-back but it was Chelsea who ended up with his signature.
