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Chelsea urged to sign Liverpool legend on free transfer

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Chelsea have been urged to look to Liverpool (Picture: Getty) Didi Hamann says Chelsea are ‘crying out’ for some experience and should attempt to sign a departing Liverpool legend on a free transfer. In his nine-year spell on Merseyside, Robertson has won two Premier League titles, the Champions League and three domestic cup competitions, establishing himself as one of Liverpool’s greatest defenders.



Chelsea co-owner Todd Boehly (Picture: Getty) ‘I think Chelsea need experience,’ Hamann told BetKing. ‘If you’ve got good young players, you need experienced players to bring them on. ‘Sometimes when things go badly, as they have now, the run of form is dreadful, you need experienced players who can calm young players down, where a young player looks up and somebody says to him, “Listen, lad, don’t worry about it, we’ll be fine.” ‘I don’t think they’ve got that. Andy Robertson is set to leave Liverpool (Picture: Getty) ‘A player like Andy Robertson, they should take him in a heartbeat.

I think he’s exactly the type of player Chelsea needs or is crying out for. ‘With one or two more experienced players, they’ve got to give themselves a chance. I don’t think the way the team is put together, they give themselves a chance. ‘Andy Robertson, I’d take him at Chelsea in a heartbeat if he was interested.’ Chelsea’s 3-1 defeat at home to relegation-battlers Nottingham Forest on Monday left the Blues just ninth in the Premier League, closer to the drop zone than third-placed Manchester United.