Chelsea defender Marc Cucurella has been criticised after footage went viral of him being embarrassed by a 16-year-old throughout his facet’s mid-season pleasant with Aston Villa.
Cucurella moved to Stamford Bridge for £60m in the summertime, however is but to hit the identical heights that he reached at Brighton.
He appears to be like set to get an prolonged run within the workforce following an damage to fellow full-back Ben Chilwell, however Cucurella struggled in his newest outing towards Villa, and there was one notably uncomfortable second for him when he was knocked off the ball by teenage prospect Kaden Younger and was despatched flying to the bottom in his personal penalty field.
Chelsea’s Marc Cucurella was knocked to the ground by teenage prospect Kaden Younger
Cucurella has struggled to make a constructive affect since arriving at Chelsea in the summertime
The video was captioned ’16 yr previous Kaden Younger bullying £60m Cucurella’, and followers have been fast to choose up on the incident, believing that it proves why Chelsea shouldn’t have paid such a hefty payment for the 24-year-old.
‘Completely ridiculous somebody parted with 60million quid for him,’ one fan posted on Twitter.
One other agreed, writing: ‘Who thought it was a good suggestion to purchase him for 60 mil? He is so s***.’
One supporter joked: ‘Cash effectively spent’ alongside a laughing face emoji.
Cucurella impressed in his maiden marketing campaign with Brighton final time period, resulting in Chelsea splashing the money on him.
His drop-off in kind has been alarming, although, and one supporter has identified that this has change into a typical theme at Chelsea over time.
‘What do Chelsea do to those gamers, man? So many occasions I’ve seen gamers appear to be world beaters and find yourself a joke at Chelsea. Torres, Shevchenko, Lukaku, Bakayoko, Morata, Mutu – actually bizarre,’ they wrote.
Younger has additionally acquired reward for making Cucurella look dangerous, with some followers enthusiastic about his future.
‘Good prospect this lad,’ one supporter wrote.
‘He’s a powerful lad at 16,’ one other added.
Younger is but to make his Premier League debut for Villa, however after getting the higher of Cucurella, his first likelihood will not be too far-off.
