{"id":466526,"date":"2026-02-10T20:21:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T20:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/466526\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T20:21:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T20:21:10","slug":"chelsea-fans-are-desperate-for-35m-player-to-not-play-against-leeds-anyone-but-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/466526\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea fans are desperate for \u00a335m player to not play against Leeds, &#8216;anyone but him&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Chelsea are looking to continue their very strong Premier League form when they welcome Leeds United to Stamford Bridge on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/liam-rosenior\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liam Rosenior<\/a> currently boasts a 100% record in the competition, steadying the ship in the race to finish in the Champions League places.<\/p>\n<p>The Blues are battling Manchester United for one of those places, and are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/columnist\/chelsea-are-now-relying-on-39m-outcast-to-help-them-qualify-for-the-champions-league\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">relying on Axel Disasi at West Ham to stop them<\/a> this week.<\/p>\n<p> Which player should Leeds fear the most after Cole Palmer? <\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/TCC-819x1024.png\" alt=\"Leeds manager Daniel Farke discussing Chelsea's squad\" class=\"wp-image-351193\" \/>Photo by George Wood\/Getty Images       <\/p>\n<p>After <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chelsea<\/a> learnt the risk of rotation against the Hammers a few games ago, we have predicted they will not be looking to take these chances again against Leeds, a side that beat them earlier this season.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea fans do not want Benoit Badiashile to play against Leeds         <\/p>\n<p> Harsh on Santos, but at home, let\u2019s get as many attacking players on the pitch as possible \ud83d\udcaa <\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Chelsea-vs-Leeds-XI-819x1024.png\" alt=\"Predicted Chelsea line-up for Leeds\" class=\"wp-image-351227\" \/>       <\/p>\n<p>The Chelsea Chronicle gave TalkingPoints users the opportunity to have their say on our XI, and you can still do the same by signing up to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/talkingpoints\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">TalkingPoints<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The general consensus from Blues supporters was that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/benoit-badiashile\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Benoit Badiashile<\/a> should not be named in the starting side in what is another must-win game.<\/p>\n<p>One user said: \u201cNo way do we need Badiashile, anyone but him\u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another added: \u201cBadiashile should be nowhere near the Chelsea squad. Why can\u2019t our managers see what most of the fans can. He can\u2019t play a forward ball to save his life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A third stated: \u201cBadiashile, no way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Finally, one user said: \u201cWhat the hell is Badiashile and Garnacho doing there?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2258290878-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"SSC Napoli v Chelsea FC - UEFA Champions League\" class=\"wp-image-349104\" \/>Photo by Franco Romano\/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesBadiashile fighting for his future at Chelsea<\/p>\n<p>Despite appearances coming his way more regularly under Rosenior, it has still been tough for the Frenchman to establish himself in the backline.<\/p>\n<p>He has just eight Premier League games under his belt this season, to add to just five in the previous campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Injuries have been a constant struggle for the centre-back since making his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11668\/12779564\/benoit-badiashile-chelsea-confirm-lb35m-deal-for-monaco-defender\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u00a335m<\/a> move, and the club are continuing to look at other options in the position.<\/p>\n<p>There was a strong effort to bring in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/jeremy-jacquet\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jeremy Jacquet<\/a> in January, and are expected to be back in the market for the position when the summer transfer window opens again.<\/p>\n<p>Join Our Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Receive a digest of our best Chelsea content each week direct to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chelsea are looking to continue their very strong Premier League form when they welcome Leeds United to Stamford&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":466527,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[84008,49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-466526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-benoit-badiashile","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=466526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/466527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=466526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=466526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=466526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}