This winter's transfer window, due to the early "end" of Chelsea's left-back Ben Chilwell due to a serious injury, has once again tied the team to the name Emerson. Just four years ago in the winter, Emerson from Rome to Chelsea, although occasionally reused in a few seasons, but generally can only be used as a substitute, so once considered to be a big hit to leave the team and because of various coincidences and failed to leave the team, this season can finally be borrowed to Lyon, but now there is still a chance to be recalled by Chelsea, absolutely can be called "cut and chaos", this article will tell the story of Emerson and Chelsea "entangled".
In the 2017-18 season, the team was eager to introduce a left-wing defender in the winter window, as the team had only one left-wing defender, and the first half of the season could only be replaced by Robert F. Kennedy and Azpilicueta as a guest wing-back. The Chelsea coach at the time was Italy's Conte, who was quite fond of Serie A players, and the first choice was Juventus's AlexAndro, but due to the difficulty, the second choice was Roma's Emerson, but Emerson had just finished a seven-month recovery period due to a cruciate ligament injury at the time, and ushered in the first game of his comeback in early December. Even so, Chelsea signed Emerson for €20 million, allowing the Brazilian Left-back to reunite with Antonio Rudiger and the fourth player to be brought in from Serie A during Conte's tenure.
However, emerson's joining was also difficult to shake Marcos Alonso's starting position, only in the FA Cup and Marcos Alonso was suspended for violence, there was no chance to emerge, the performance did not stand out, but it is still one of the heroes of the team's all the way to the FA Cup, assisting Giroud, who joined the same period in the fifth round, to advance 4-0. The semi-finalists started again to help the team beat Southampton 2-0 to advance to the final. Although Marcos Alonso was still the starter in the final, the team successfully beat Manchester United by one goal, and Emerson also won the first title in the team.
However, due to the fifth place in the league and the rumored discord between Conte and many players in the squad, another Italian coach, Sarri, replaced Conte as manager. Sarri is more aggressive than Conte, preferring 433 in formation, and while the left-back choice is still Marcos Alonso, Emerson has plenty of opportunities to play when Marcos Alonso's traditional four-back formation is far inferior to that of left-wingers. Scored his first goal at Chelsea in the third round of the League Cup against Liverpool to help the team win 2-1. The League Cup and Europa League finals all started, and although the former lost to Manchester City in a penalty shootout, Emerson scored for the team in the main round. Emerson also assisted Olivier Giroud's header in the Europa League final to help the team win 4-1 over Arsenal.
After Sarri moved to Juventus, Chelsea ushered in the Lampard era, and Lampard initially used the traditional four-back line-up as the main formation, and Emerson as the main force. However, the team's continued defensive instability led Lampard to switch to a three-centre-back formation, making Marcos Alonso once again an unshakable starter for left-wingers, including the FA Cup final that season. At the end of the 2019/20 season, Lampard made the left back satellite a position to reinforce and continued to pursue Ben Chilwell. However, due to the suspension of the league due to the outbreak of the epidemic, the summer transfer window was compressed. The team will not officially sign Ben Chilwell, who is recuperating from injury, until late August. The team still started with Marcos Alonso during the new signing's injury, which made Emerson's position awkward, but due to insufficient time to handle Emerson's transfer, he had to be forced to stay in the team. However, due to Marcos Alonso's dispute with Lampard in the third round of the league, he was later beaten into the "cold palace", making Emerson the main substitute for the left-back. Until Thomas Tuchelchi took over, the three-centre-back formation once again became the team's first choice, with Marcos Alonso and Ben Chilwell alternated as starters in the left-wing back position, and Emerson's position was once again reduced to a third choice. But in the second leg of the Champions League round of sixteen, in the home match against Atletico Madrid, Emerson came on as a substitute at the end of the game and seized a counter-attack opportunity to help the team seal the victory. The two rounds combined to advance 3-0. Thomas Tuchel had arranged for Emerson to play at centre-back on the left, but his performance was not outstanding. Although Emerson failed to qualify in the Champions League final, he still won a Champions League with the team.
In the summer of 2021, Jorginho and Emerson first assisted Italy to win the European Championship, and then won the European Super Cup for Chelsea, becoming the "three materials" European champions. But Chelsea, with two left-backs, Ben Chilwell and Marcos Alonso, have struggled to fit Emerson. Therefore, Emerson was loaned to Ligue 1, just when he thought that Emerson's fate with Chelsea was over, as a result, Ben Chilwell's serious injury "ended" and everything changed again, although the winter transfer window has ended, Emmer can not return to Chelsea in the short term, but how much time does Ben Chilwell need to regain his form, and whether Marcos Alonso, who has entered the late stage of his career, will return to Spain, as if Emerson and Chelsea are just a comma, not a full stop. One day Emerson will return to Chelsea, and you shouldn't be surprised.