Mauricio Pochettino’s Chelsea have largely struggled this season (Picture: Getty)
William Gallas has named two Chelsea players as the biggest flops of the season in the Premier League.
Chelsea have underwhelmed in Mauricio Pochettino’s first season at Stamford Bridge, winning just 13 of their 33 league games to sit ninth in the Premier League.
With five games remaining, the Blues are 19 points outside the Champions League places and 32 points behind Premier League leaders and London rivals Arsenal.
Gallas has been particularly disappointed with two Chelsea players, labelling Raheem Sterling and Mykhailo Mudryk as the biggest flops of the season.
Sterling was a prolific forward and serial winner at Manchester City but is still struggling following his £50m move to Stamford Bridge in 2022, scoring six league goals this term.
That is two more than Mudryk has managed, with the Ukrainian so far failing to justify his £89m price tag following a move from Shakhtar Donetsk last year.
Asked to name his biggest flop of the season, Gallas told Gambling Zone: ‘I think Raheem Sterling has been a big disappointment. When I watch him play, he doesn’t look like a player that will return to the level that he was at Liverpool and Manchester City.
Raheem Sterling has only scored eight goals this season (Picture: Getty)
‘This is his second season with the club, and he hasn’t showed anything. For a guy that has won so much in his career, he should be doing a lot more for Chelsea. He hasn’t done anything.
‘Also, Mudryk, but the circumstances around his poor performances are a little bit different. We don’t know how he has been affected by the war in Ukraine. We don’t know what is happening with him – it must be very difficult for him.
‘It looks like he isn’t enjoying his football or his time at Chelsea. When he plays, you can see he isn’t enjoying it.
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‘It’s a shame because everyone thought this would be the year where he showed his potential – I also thought that he would be a different player this season.’
Pressed on why Mudryk could be struggling at Stamford Bridge, Gallas added: ‘It’s hard for me to comment on why Mudryk looks like he doesn’t have the confidence or the enjoyment in his football.
‘I don’t know if a change of scenery would benefit the player. We don’t know if a new club would change his fortunes on the pitch.
Chelsea spent £89m on struggling winger Mykhailo Mudryk (Picture: Getty)
‘We don’t know what is going on in his private life. The situation with the war is very hard – he could still have family in Ukraine.
‘Only the players that are around him, the guys that live with him every single day, will know what the answer is.’
Chelsea have five more games left to play this season, starting with a London derby against Tottenham on Thursday night.
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