Nottingham Forest defender Ola Aina is looking forward to facing his old club Chelsea.
The Tricky Trees will entertain Mauricio Pochettino’s men at the the City Ground on Saturday.
Aina honed his skills at the Stamford Bridge before leaving for Serie A club Torino in 2019.
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The Nigeria international will be looking to help the Reds do the double over Chelsea after their 1-0 victory at Stamford Bridge in September.
“I don’t know if this is going to get me in trouble, but I am a Chelsea fan. It’s a fixture I’ve been looking forward to and I’m excited to be involved in it to see what happens,” Aina told BBC.
“I don’t think there’s any point to prove. I don’t hold grudges or anything – whatever happened in the past happened. There’s no animosity there. It’s just the career of a footballer. I only have fond moments of being at Chelsea. It’s a chapter that closed and [I’ve] moved on, just how anyone else would.”
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Looking at the wing backs Chelsea have had since he left, it’s tough to understand the decision to let Aina go.
The only wing backs better than Aina in my fallible opinion are Marcos Alonso, who is now at Barca, and Reece James, who is battling long term injury.
The decision to let a quality player like Aina go who can comfortably play in both left and right back roles is baffling. If the players they retained were head and shoulders better than Aina, it would have been easier to understand. Would Chelsea rather have Cucurella or Disasi than Aina? Really? No disrespect intended to both players.
Curious transfer decision.
But then, this is the same club that let De Bruyne and Salah go. Hahahaha.
Carry go Aina. You have done well since leaving Chelsea. Forward ever. Chelsea will lose