In the 20th round of the Premier League, Chelsea drew 1-1 with Brighton. Looking back at the game, Brighton played quite well. In particular, the left winger Cucurella, who started the game, easily blew up Chelsea's right flank. Having created scoring opportunities many times, he scored a unique goal with a clever pass to assist teammate Welbeck, causing Chelsea to concede three points. Seeing this, Barca fans are even more depressed than Chelsea fans: such a good player actually sold, and it was sold twice in a year!
It all started three years ago. Due to the talent of Barca at that time, Cucurella could not win the game. In an attitude of responsibility to the players, Barca management loaned him out to Eibar, the middle and lower reaches of La Liga. With excellent personal ability, Cucurella soon became an absolute workhorse for Eibar. In the 14th round of la Liga that season against Real Madrid, he made a three-goal success. At that time, many Barca fans felt that Alba's successor had been found!
Who would have thought that the Barça management not only did not intend to focus on the cultivation of Cucurella, but also sold him to Eibar for a buyout price of 2 million euros. Even more bizarrely, Barça management triggered Kucurella's buyback clause a month and a half later: signing him back for 4 million euros. He then sublet it to La Liga's mid-range side Getafe. This series of operations cannot be understood by even the most experienced Barça fans.
Fortunately, Cucurella was not affected and continued to train the game diligently. Because of this, he soon became the absolute main force of Getafe. Seeing that Cucurella was playing well, Getafe decided to buy him out. Supposedly, Barca should refuse, right? After all, the previous choice to buy back Cucurella shows that I hope to stay and reuse. Who would have thought, Barca soon announced that Getafe had bought Out Cucurella for 10 million euros. Counting the previous buyout by Eibar, the Barca Wings were sold twice in a year.
With the dust settled on the transfer, Cucurella was interested in continuing to play well at Getafe. Unfortunately, due to the financial constraints caused by the epidemic, Getafe sold him to Premier League side Brighton for 18 million euros. Considering that the physical confrontation intensity of the Premier League is far more than that of La Liga, many media are looking down on The development prospects of Kukurelia. After all, he is only 1 meter 72 tall and relatively thin.
Surprisingly, Cucurella played quite well at Brighton. Thanks to the careful arrangement of coach Porter, Kucurella, who plays a wing-back, can make full use of his offensive talents. According to statistics, he has created 1.8 scoring opportunities per 90 minutes this season, ranking second among defenders in the Premier League, behind Chelsea's Reese James (2.5).
In this Premier League match between Brighton and Chelsea, two knife-backs competed in the same game. Apparently, Cucurella's performance is even better. On the right side of Chelsea, he frequently created opportunities and eventually assisted teammate Welbeck to score the equaliser. According to the statistics after the game, Cucurella's data such as the number of passes, the number of touches, and the number of successful passes were the highest in the whole game. In addition to his sharp performance on the offensive end, his physical back-and-forth interception also ensured Brighton's defensive hardness. With excellent performance in attack and defense, Cucurella received a post-match rating of 7.3.
It should be noted that Cucurella is not only a brilliant performance in this game, but he has also played well against Premier League teams such as Arsenal. Because of this, Barca fans are quite depressed. Alba and Balder have been diagnosed with the new crown, Andest has been included in the sales list, and there is no left-back in the team. How nice it would have been if I hadn't sold Kukurelia in the first place! Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if you sell it, you shouldn't only sell 10 million! On his performances in Getafe and Brighton, 30 million starts! I have to say that Barca's former president, Bartomeu, is really too bad!