Dutch legend Marco van Basten has urged Chelsea outcast Hakim Ziyech to find a new club following his limited first-team opportunities at Stamford Bridge.
Ziyech’s fall down the pecking order in the Chelsea camp has been well-documented of late and speculation was rife during the summer window that the playmaker would be heading out the exit door.
The Moroccan international has clocked up under 200 minutes this term and is expected to struggle for game time under the newly appointed Blues head coach Graham Potter as well with the latter depending upon the likes of Mason Mount, Kai Havertz and Raheem Sterling in the attacking third of the pitch.
Potter is said to be mulling over adding to his front line options when the transfer window reopens in January which further casts uncertainty over Ziyech’s future in west London with the player urged to leave the Bridge by ex-AC Milan striker Marco van Basten.
Speaking to Ziggo Sport ( via football.london), Van Basten reckons it would be wise for Ziyech to call it quits in the Premier League and look for a new club which can promise him regular game time.
“There is another transfer window coming up.
“It is sad and a shame. Ziyech is a great player. We have to see someone like that, we watch TV for such a player and we come to the stadium. It is a pity for the whole of football that he is on the bench. If these kinds of players do not get minutes, it is not good for football.
“I don’t know but there is another problem. There should actually be a rule that clubs can only have a certain number of players.
“So they [Chelsea] have way too many and that actually makes football less interesting. A player like Ziyech could just play at another club and entertain the fans. Soon there will be teams that have 35 players, five or six of whom never play. They could excel at other clubs.
