Chelsea has been encouraged to sign Alexander Isak to guarantee their place in the top four.
The blues enjoyed a positive first season under the management of Enzo Maresca. But the transfer window of January has co-invades with a relevant decline in form for the men of Maresca.
They have only won one of their last seven league games, a run with defeats to Ipswich Town and Fulham, to slip into the sixth in the table, a point outside the top four and 16 points behind leaders Liverpool.
In the meantime, Isak has fired Newcastle in fifth place and fired at the edge of the Carabao Cup final and scored 19 goals in 26 games. And Merson is convinced that the Swedish star would be the perfect signature for Chelsea.
“We are now talking about the best Center-Forward in the competition in Alexander Isak. His goals and contributions have been enormously impressive. The thing with Isak is that he is consistently good,” Merson told Sportskeeda.
“Some players score 10 goals in 10 games and there would have been two hat tricks. But Isak is someone who scores in every game and that makes him the best there is. There is no doubt that all the top clubs will do that.
“With Financial Fair Play (FFP) that also comes into the picture, it will be interesting to see if Newcastle can hold it. If Arsenal was to sign Isak, I would be shocked if they ultimately did not win the Premier League. The same applies to Chelsea , it will seal that top four place and bring them to the next level! “
Merson had tipped Isak to join the start of the window. That pulled short Shrift from Magpies -Baas Eddie Howe, who encouraged his star striker to ignore the conversation around his future.
“I think now it will come up with the territory to be honest. Maybe in my very early days that might have left an impression, those comments. But I think if you are in the position ignor it and it is not relevant , “said Howe.
“There will be so much talk, noise and rumors and you can't control it all, you can't even start to try, so you just have to ignore it and concentrate on the facts I think. Our players are loved by us, wanted Because of us and we have huge games to come.
“We need them to perform, so that their focus can only be on what they deliver in the here and now. We can only determine what we can control, but I see that it is not a problem for us, especially in this window .
“We are very focused and the players are very focused on having a great season and that is all that is concerned with us at the moment. It is a competition of the difficult enough, because it is consistently successful, but we certainly have ours here Best players needed. “
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