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\n\t\tJoe Cole feels Saturday\u2019s trip to Tottenham is a \u2018tough game\u2019 for Chelsea (Picture: Getty)<\/p>\n
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\n\t\tJoe Cole feels Saturday\u2019s trip to Tottenham is a \u2018tough game\u2019 for Chelsea (Picture: Getty)<\/p>\n
Joe Cole says Chelsea<\/a> are \u2018relying\u2019 on three players in order to beat Tottenham<\/a> away from home in the Premier League<\/a> on Saturday.<\/p>\n The Blues are below Thomas Frank\u2019s side in the top-flight table ahead of the clash at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium this weekend.<\/p>\n Chelsea lost 2-1 to Sunderland at Stamford Bridge in their last Premier League match while Spurs smashed Everton<\/a> 3-0 to move up to third.<\/p>\n Former Chelsea star Cole believes Pedro Neto<\/a> is one of his old club\u2019s most important players if the west London<\/a> side are to defeat Spurs.<\/p>\n Neto has been in fine form for the Blues, registering three goal involvements across his last two Premier League games.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tGet personalised updates on Chelsea every day\t\t\t<\/p>\n Wake up to find news on your club in your inbox every morning with Metro\u2019s Football Newsletter. <\/p>\n Sign up to our newsletter<\/a> and then select your team in the link we\u2019ll send you so we can get football news tailored to you.<\/p>\n Cole also feels Jamie Gittens and Estevao Willian<\/a> will be crucial for Chelsea to pick up three points against their London rivals.<\/p>\n \u2018Chelsea going to Spurs has traditionally been a comfortable game for the club over the years,\u2019 Cole told Paddy Power<\/a>.<\/p>\n \t\t \u2018It\u2019s the expectations at Chelsea. Tottenham are now all excited, and they\u2019re looking up at Chelsea, who are not a million miles away from Spurs, but there\u2019s a different feeling to this game.<\/p>\n \u2018If Chelsea are going to beat Spurs at the weekend, you\u2019re relying on players like [Pedro] Neto, who\u2019s been brilliant, Jamie Gittens, who scored a goal and got an assist at Wolves, and Estevao.<\/p>\n \u2018The goals will come from wide, for Chelsea, and the midfield. Enzo\u2019s been chipping in, but it\u2019s a real tough game for Chelsea.\u2019<\/p>\n \t\t Quizzed on what constitutes a successful season for Chelsea, Cole added: \u2018This is season four under this ownership. There are two trophies, albeit new trophies that don\u2019t carry the same weight as a Premier League, an FA Cup, a Champions League, or even a League Cup. <\/p>\n \u2018But they have delivered trophies, and they\u2019ve restructured the whole club financially.<\/p>\n \u2018This season, the expectation has to be for Chelsea to comfortably get into the Champions League position and mount a challenge in the league. I don\u2019t think the squad\u2019s strong enough to compete with Arsenal. I\u2019m happy to go on record saying that now, they won\u2019t win the league.<\/p>\n \u2018Chelsea needs to be comfortably in the Champions League and closer to the top of the league than they were last year for this season to be considered a success. And next season, they have to be winning the big trophies, because that would be five seasons into this project.<\/p>\n \u2018You have to go with the owners, this is what they are, this is the restructuring of the club. Whether you like it or not, this is where it is at. <\/p>\n \u2018I try and explain it with my best knowledge of how football clubs work, reading between the lines, because obviously the owners can\u2019t come out and go, \u2018Listen, we\u2019re not going gung-ho like we did before, trying to win these big trophies, because we\u2019ve got to fit within a financial model\u2019.<\/p>\n \u2018They\u2019re not going to say that, because it\u2019s not a good soundbite. From what I understand, that\u2019s what they\u2019ve had to do, and the club wasn\u2019t in a great position financially, so they\u2019ve had to be a bit more clever with how they operate.\u2019<\/p>\n Arrow Arrow Arrow![\"Chelsea](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2243273324.jpg\")
\n\t\tPedro Neto has been in fine form for Chelsea (Picture: Getty)<\/p>\n![\"Chelsea](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2229245225.jpg\")
\n\t\tEstevao Willian scored in the win over Liverpool earlier this month (Picture: Getty)
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