Chelsea signed Wesley Fofana from Leicester City last summer in what was a major battle to prize him away from the club.
It was always going to be a huge battle, because Fofana is an excellent player and one of the best around at what he does.
Chelsea also paid big for Fofana, and it is beginning to show why now since he returned from injury.
It is probably no coincidence since Fofana returned to Chelsea’s starting line up that there results and performances have improved, and Sky Sports have done an analytical piece on one of the key positive differences that Fofana brings.
Fofana enables his team to bring their defensive line forward by being aggressive when anticipating danger and timing his tackles and interceptions smartly, while also being quick and alert enough to deal with passes in behind.
The report, citing Opta’s advanced metrics, says Chelsea have played nearly three meters further up the pitch in the Premier League games Fofana has started under Potter, their average start distance – which measures how far up-field a team begin their passing sequences – leaping from 41.7m to 44.3m.
Source: chelsea-news.co
