Chelsea agree cope with Brentford’s set-piece coach
- Bernardo Cueva will be a part of Chelsea subsequent season
- Brentford have develop into famend for his or her set-pieces prowess
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Chelsea have reportedly agreed a cope with Brentford to make Bernardo Cueva their set-piece coach from subsequent season.
According to The Athletic, the 36-year-old will proceed working for the Bees till the tip of the present marketing campaign earlier than making the swap throughout west London.
Mail Sport reported earlier this month the Blues have been trying to recruit a specialist set-piece coach to interchange Anthony Barry, who left the position in April to affix former Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel at Bayern Munich.
Cueva joined Brentford from Mexican facet Chivas in September 2020 after being recruited by the membership’s director of soccer Phil Giles and technical director Lee Dykes.
He started working as tactical statistician and has performed an important position in Brentford’s progress from the Championship to established Premier League facet.
Chelsea have reached an settlement with Brentford to make Bernardo Cueva their set-piece coach from the beginning of subsequent season
During his time on the membership, the Bees have develop into famend for his or her set-piece prowess.
Last season, 16 of Brentford’s 58 objectives within the Premier League recreation from a set piece – the second-best determine within the league after Liverpool’s tally of 17 – with half of them coming from corners – a quantity bettered solely by six groups.
Conversely, Chelsea’s attacking set-pieces particularly have been underwhelming this season, with solely relegated threatened Nottingham Forest, Crystal Palace, Burnley and Sheffield United having scored fewer than their six objectives within the Premier League.
Mauricio Pochettino’s facet haven’t scored a single purpose from an oblique free-kick and their tally of 5 objectives from corners is eight fewer than that of Arsenal, whose free-kick coach Nicolas Jover has been broadly credited with honing the routines which have contributed over 30 per cent of their objectives this season.
Mauricio Pochettino final month appeared to query the worth of specialist coaches
Following Barry’s departure final yr, Chelsea have been one in every of only a handful of Premier League golf equipment with out a specialist set-piece coach.
But Pochettino appeared to query the worth of specialist coaches in a press convention final month.
‘We have specialists,’ he stated. ‘We are a training workers in control of all the things.’
