The reasons why Chelsea did everything for Ajax Ace Jorrel Hato
If recent reports are correct, Chelsea is about to bring the Ajax defender very well rated Jorrel Hato in western London.
The fascinating 19 -year -old player – who has already played more than 100 times for the Dutch giants in all competitions – has obtained complimentary criticism for the standard of his performance in Eredivisia, although the financial power of the Blues seems to have won the race for his services before the 2025/26 season.
Given that the composition of the Chelsea team has always changed during the last transfer windows, we could ask questions about the reasons why the club simply cannot let pass without so many upheavals in terms of playing players inside or outside.
To start, Enzo Maresca can already call on Trevoh Chalobah, Reece James, Wesley Fofana, Tosin Adarabioyo and many others to fill the various roles through the back line, so the idea that Chelsea buys players because they can and not necessarily because they need them is not without foundation.
Hato to ensure competition in Cucurella
The evolution of Squad is healthy and necessary, of course, even if the holding of Stamford Bridge seems to continue to wear this in the extreme.
Where Hato is integrated has been the subject of many conjectures, but it is believed that as long as the transfer is successfully ended, it should ensure competition and backup to Marc Cucurella on the left side.
It seems that the club is perfectly aware that the Spaniard, who played more minutes (4,344) and matches (54) than any of his teammates in 2024/25, will need more rest during the next campaign.
Mocked at one point, a large part of the Chelsea game goes down in their left side now and that has as much to do with the Cucurella engine and its ability to move forward and add another element to the attack of the blues than anything else.
Hato’s challenge is therefore to dislodge Cucurella and claim the place on the left back like his, and his figures from last season suggest that he is definitely ready for this challenge.
A tackle success rate of up to 66.7% is tied with any chelsea player who participates in more than 10 games last season, Cucurella himself only shading his new potential teammate with a performance of 68.1%.
Incredible range of pass
Its aggressiveness in the tackle must be welcomed, although a more global physique can be used more wisely, and perhaps explains why the Londoners of the West are preparing to keep it on the left side, at least at the beginning, rather than more centrally where it is necessarily “ a little more brutally.
As you might expect from a player who studied the Dutch giants, his range of passes is another world for a defender.
Not even months Caicedo, the best Chelsea passer in the balloon of those who play staff who can be considered as regular entries, can associate with the completion of 90.3% hato passes.
It is an area of his game that Hato also likes.
“If you play at the Ajax Academy, you always get this bravery with the coaches to play,” He said in a recent interview.
“This is one of my qualities to dribble past players and create a chance. There must be space to do it, but if there is space, I will always try to wait for it. ”
The youngest Ajax captain in history
Add that he became the youngest captain in the history of Ajax in December 2023 at only 17 years and 282 days, and here we have an almost perfect example of the type of modern hybrid defender.
The one whose main role is to serve the club’s attackers, but who is certainly not afraid of taking responsibility for getting up the ground when he can.
For all his technical abilities, he is not afraid of returning to the essentials either when the game requires either. 62 The releases in Eredivisia last season were only improved only Chelsea by Cucurella (81), Tosin (83) and Colwill (116).
We think that Hato has already agreed with the Blues and that an agreement of 40 million pounds sterling is currently underway.
It would surprisingly take Chelsea’s transfer expenses this summer at more than 250 million pounds sterling after Liam Delap, Jamie Gittens and Joao Pedro were signed, with Xaxi Simons always a distinct possibility at this stage.
Chelsea could be a real threat in 2025/26
His signature undoubtedly contributes to Maresca the depth he believes that the team must continue his ascending curve.
As they showed throughout the recent club World Cup also, the Blues finally reached their Sweet Spot under the Italian, and with quality additions such as an emerging team, there is all the reasons to think that Chelsea could become a threat in each competition in which they participate in 2025/26.
How much Hato plays a role is only due to the player himself.
