Marc Cucurella explains how he has learned from early Chelsea struggles
Marc Cucurella has admitted he failed to live up to expectations during his first season at Chelsea as he strives to learn from his slow start. Chelsea outbid Manchester City to secure Cucurella's services in a £63m transfer in the summer of 2022, but the left-back struggled to justify that fee in his debut season and faced calls from fans to leave the club this summer. Manchester United held talks over signing Cucurella on loan and looked set to complete a deal before those negotiations broke down, but despite the uncertainty surrounding his future, the Spaniard has managed to fight his way back into Mauricio Pochettino's plans. "I'm not happy with my first season, but I can learn a lot, especially in the bad moments," he told Sky Sports . "I can learn when I need to manage the head because that is so important in Football . Before I came here, I always played and played well and never had problems like this. "But here when I came, I didn't play ...