Gary Lineker says Chelsea made Euro 2024 star 'suffer' – 'Became a laughing stock'
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Chelsea transformed Spain star Marc Cucurella into a “chuckling stock” subsequent his transmit from Brighton as Gary Lineker as well as Micah Richards reflect on his “in reality nice” Euro 2024.
Cucurella owns played a pivot chore in receiving Spain to the Euros final but was something of a stagger smorgasbord by Luis de la Fuente having struggled because his £62m reaction from Brighton to Chelsea in the summer season of 20222.
The vacated-earlier owns commenced every arcade for Spain save for the final team measured up to against Albania, for which he was rested, but owns fallen short to nail down a starting uncover at Stamford Footway for the bulk of his 2 years at the nightclub.
There were some indications of a retort to form at the end of the last season under Mauricio Pochettino as well as the 25-year-antiquated will hope to surprise brand name-new apex doggies Enzo Maresca on his retort from international chore. Chelsea zero a digit longer warning to indication a brand name-new vacated-earlier.
‘A chuckling stock’
Richards owns been amazed by the full-earlier’s displays having been transformed into a “chuckling stock” by Chelsea.
“Marc Cucurella is a copious speaking determinant,” he said on The Rest is Football podcast after Spain vanquished France to reach the Euro 2024 final.
“At Brighton he was in a mechanism, he can play as one of 3 centre-recommends or at full-earlier as well as would always go onward as well as indicator upwards via in blows.
“He peeked pick a in reality nice player. He attended Chelsea as well as granted that it was so disorganised, he became a fragment of a chuckling stock.
“But in this tournament he’s been one of the ideal full-recommends.”
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‘A nightclub in shambles’
Former England striker Gary Lineker encompassed: “It just verifies you that as rapidly as a nightclub is in shambles, players grip up against as well as it runs out upwards being in reality difficult to execute in those circumstances.
“He’s had a in reality nice tournament.”
Cucurella owns been attached via a reaction away from Chelsea but insists he is slackened whereby he is.
He said: “As rapidly as you go abroad it is arduous, world go to Spanish football, the nightclub they have maintained because they were minuscule, as well as they lose track of you a minuscule.
“What we are toting out is uncomfortably sweet, there are numerous world gaining it as well as if it goes well we have a couple of galleries vacated to coating via a sweet championship.
“Playing in La Liga is sweet, it’s my abode as well as I would guard against speaking English for a while!
“Severely, I’m uncomfortably slackened in England. It’s a uncomfortably nice farce for my family members. London is a sweet metropolis to be in for a couple of years as well as today I’m not distrusting around any kind of readjust granted that my family members is uncomfortably slackened.”