
Jamie
Redknapp has questioned Loic Remy’s desire to move to a club where he is
unlikely to get much first-team football.
The striker is set to seal a move to Chelsea after Jose Mourinho triggered a
release clause in his QPR contract and will fight for a place in the team
with Diego Costa and Didier Drogba, following Fernando Torres' switch to AC
Milan.
However, after watching Chelsea smash six goals past Everton, including two
for star signing Costa, Sky Sports pundit Redknapp said Remy won’t be able
to get anywhere near the team in the most high-profile matches.
He told Saturday Night Football: “Diego Costa is a game changer and people
like that are what you pay the big money for. They lost David Luiz and
brought in him and Cesc Fabregas for only £10million difference – and what
piece of business that is.
“Loic Remy is a player I’ve seen closely at QPR and I just think ‘why would
you go to Chelsea at the moment? Where are you going to play?’ He’s not.
“Could he play in the wide positions ahead of Eden Hazard and Andre Schurrle
and people like that? Absolutely not – and he’s certainly not going to play
ahead of Diego Costa.
“So he’s going there to play in the Capital One Cup and the odd Champions
League game here and there.
“If Diego Costa is fit, this guy plays. He is the difference.”
Redknapp added that Everton have endured a tough start to the season in
which they have conceded 10 goals in just three matches.
However, he said the nature of the 6-3 victory showed why the Premier League
is the best in the world.
He said: “People talk about the Spanish league being more technical, but
when you see a game like that – blood, thunder, mistakes, great goals,
individual performances – it had absolutely everything as a spectacle.
“You have had pure value for money whether you were at Goodison Park or
watching that at home. A fantastic football match.
“I was looking at Everton’s fixtures and they’ve been dealt a really bad
hand. In the opening seven fixtures they have played Arsenal and Chelsea and
have to go to Liverpool and Manchester United.
“With the way they are playing it’s going to be tough. There were many
positives to take and so many good pieces of play going forward, but
defensively is what really worries me.”