🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 6. Levi Colwill

[Special Juan 28,141]

9 hours ago, Thor said:

I was one of the people that thought he was overrated given everything I’ve seen. Even when he played CB he was making mistakes and having people cut inside on him.

 

He has been faultless this season. Spectacular. I was very, very wrong. He looks so calm on the ball and his positioning has improved 10 fold. 
 

Starting to see the hype everyone else saw. Because last year he looked a dud for the most part aside from his passing. This year he has been a wall and opens games up for us as well. 

I agree fella.

[Fernando 6,585]

9 hours ago, Vesper said:

top valued left-footed CBs on the planet, this list is every one valued at 30m euros (£24.97m) or more

this shows how rare they are

many on here are not available

Gvardiol is listed as a LB, or he would be top here as well (Colwill would drop from 4th to 5th most valued)

in order: (italics are the only ones remotely available and who I also rate to replace Badi, strike-throughs are hard passes for me)

   
Gabriel Magalhães
Alessandro Bastoni 
Micky van de Ven sigh
Levi Colwill 
Riccardo Calafiori sigh
Gonçalo Inácio
Sven Botman
Pau Torres
Lisandro Martínez (so overrated, fuck this thug dwarf)
Jarrad Branthwaite   (so expensive though)
Piero Hincapié
Castello Lukeba  
Nico Schlotterbeck 
Nathan Aké 
Murillo 
Willian Pacho  sigh
Dávid Hancko 
Alessandro Buongiorno 
Nayef Aguerd 
Max Kilman 
Jorrel Hato 
Lucas Beraldo
Benoît Badiashile 
Jakub Kiwior
Hiroki Ito 

I been on the Piero Hincapié train for two seasons while we waste money on Disassi.....

I think he will make a good compliment with Levi. 

[Vytis33 1,272]

 

[Vesper 30,195]

7 hours ago, Fernando said:

I been on the Piero Hincapié train for two seasons while we waste money on Disassi.....

I think he will make a good compliment with Levi. 

Hincapie is left footed, like Colwill

Plays the same position, LCB

He would be a Badi replacement, not a Disasi replacement 

[robsblubot 3,595]

1 hour ago, Vesper said:

Hincapie is left footed, like Colwill

Plays the same position, LCB

He would be a Badi replacement, not a Disasi replacement 

There are coaches who believe that while foot preference plays a part, it’s more about where the CB is used to play.

That switching sides for a CB is usually tricky regardless of foot preference, for example.

of course it’s far more common to see right footed CBs playing on the left than the other way around… for obvious reasons. 

 

[Vesper 30,195]

38 minutes ago, robsblubot said:

There are coaches who believe that while foot preference plays a part, it’s more about where the CB is used to play.

That switching sides for a CB is usually tricky regardless of foot preference, for example.

of course it’s far more common to see right footed CBs playing on the left than the other way around… for obvious reasons. 

 

Leverkusen play a back 5

so Hincapie plays at middle CB

but when they played a back 4 he was at LCB

he also played LB and left wingback

I do recall the last time I saw him play at RCB

Edited October 1, 2024 by Vesper

[Vesper 30,195]

he is playing LCB tonight

[Ledg 643]

I see his qualities but... without Fofana next to him (can't believe I am saying it), he looks medicore?

I know he is still young but not sure what Europe sees in him with all the interesting going around - if we things don't go our way, he loses his head so quickly and that's the last thing you need.

[robsblubot 3,595]

I think he's our best CB by far despite his young age. He's quick, good on the ball, and can pass the football. Very few CBs are WC at 21yo, but I still think his current level of play is more than good enough.

He actually looks even better when compared to the right CB option. Fofana is a good player, but once again struggling with a hammy injury; it might be an issue with his build and something that will follow him for a while yet. Tosin is decent on the ball, but seems to be too slow for this level from what I've seen so far.
Disasi can obviously only (barely) work in a low block system like you can find in Italy, so really did not understand that signing.

All that trying to say that Colwill is the only CB we've got.

[Special Juan 28,141]

Colwill is the better of a bad bunch, Maresca deserves all the shit he is getting if he keeps sticking with Disasi and Batshit

[MoroccanBlue 5,383]

Needs to bulk up and work on his vertical. 

[ahmedou 191]

Levi Colwill: "When you play for Chelsea, you’re not scared to play against anyone. We haven’t just come here to be in the final. We want to win. PSG are an amazing team but we are not Inter or Real. We’re going to bring something different."

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Levi Colwill: ''I said at the start of this tournament that our plan is to win it. And people looked at me as if I was crazy. So I'm going to say the exact same thing now going into the Premier League and Champions League. I think we're ready and we'll see next season."

[ahmedou 191]

[Vesper 30,195]

Levi Colwill interview: ‘I grew up underprivileged. I want to help as many kids as possible’

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6522164/2025/07/31/levi-colwill-interview-Chelsea-club-world-cup/

Levi Colwill was enjoying a much-earned holiday in Trinidad before cutting it short to attend a pre-season friendly between non-league Sholing FC and Chelsea Under-18s last Saturday.

“I had a manic journey to get here,” he tells The Athletic. “I missed a connecting flight in Miami due to the airline. I had to find another plane to get me to Paris and then from there to London. I was travelling for over 24 hours, but I wanted to get back for this.”

Those unaware of Colwill’s affinity to Sholing FC, who play in the Southern League Premier Division South (the seventh tier of English football), may be wondering why the centre-half would be prepared to do such a thing. Colwill’s summer break began less than two weeks earlier due to being part of the Chelsea side that beat Paris Saint-Germain 3-0 to win the Club World Cup on July 13.

But Colwill is driven by a desire to help children. The Athletic was last at Sholing FC in December when an open trial was held to find recruits for the new Levi Colwill Academy (LSC Academy), which officially gets under way in September. As revealed back then, the 22-year-old has also funded the cost of a new 3G pitch for the club, and Saturday’s fixture against Chelsea was the grand opening for the new playing surface.

A club record 1,888 were in attendance. At half-time, a proud Colwill walked round the pitch with some of the youngsters who will make up the first class at the LSC Academy.

 

(Dom Bellinger/Sholing FC)

“Being here was a priority for me,” Colwill says. “A lot of hard work has been put in, not just from me, but from my family. We know how much this is going to help the LSC Academy, too. I am so excited to launch it — everything around it is so positive. I couldn’t not be here. This is one of the best days of my life; the turnout has been amazing.

“When I was walking round with the academy boys on the pitch at half-time, it just felt so good. You could see all the people having a good time, greeting us as we went round. It just felt all part of the plan to give something back, but it is just the start.”

Colwill’s connection to Sholing FC, which is on the outskirts of Southampton, is an understandable one. He grew up nearby, and his uncles have played for the club. One of them, Daniel Mason, scored a superb free kick to help his side beat Chelsea’s youngsters 2-0 on the day, a goal which brought a huge smile to Colwill’s face.

“It’s not just about Sholing FC,” Colwill insists. “I want to help as many underprivileged kids as possible. I thought to myself, ‘How am I going to do that?’. Football is all I know. I grew up as an underprivileged kid. I came to Sholing FC games and enjoyed them. It made me happy and made me want to become a footballer.

“If I can help bring a load of kids to come down to an event like this, to enjoy being here, to fall in love with the game, that can change their lives. They can perhaps do something else rather than being on the streets. That’s the main reason.

“I went into the dressing room after the game and thanked the players because there are so many kids out there who have not been as lucky as me. Life could have been different for me, so if I can help as many as possible, give them a new ambition to aim for, that’s what I want to do in life.

“I also did something when I was on holiday in Trinidad. I organised a training session out there with some kids who were all from my grandma’s local area. My nan flew out with me. A few hundred people turned up. We bought the goals and so on out of my back pocket, just to give them something else to enjoy. Doing this drives me. I want to leave a legacy and have people be proud of me.”

No one should be concerned about the off-the-pitch endeavours being a negative distraction for Colwill. For example, several people are working at the LSC Academy, which is run by his uncle Daniel with the support of first-team coach Ross White.

Colwill adds: “We have a group chat on WhatsApp with me, my uncles and the staff. They are the ones doing things on a day-to-day basis. I want to know what’s going on and will say something if I need to, but I have full trust in them because they are really good people.

“If one of the players goes on from the academy to have a pro career at any level, it would mean as much as things I have done myself. If I have influenced them to do that, hopefully they will do something similar when they get older and help the kids in their community, too. That’s all I want, to build a chain of giving back and helping.”

Colwill is used to being asked for autographs and selfies when he attends Sholing FC matches, but this seems like another level. He is inundated with requests throughout the afternoon and does hundreds with a grin on his face. Perhaps it is not that surprising that hundreds approach him, with Chelsea supporters also in attendance. But you suspect being a world champion has boosted his profile even further.

He will return, like the rest of Chelsea’s senior squad, to pre-season training next week, but the success enjoyed in America this month has already been consigned to the past.

When asked how he feels to be called a world champion, he replies: “It doesn’t feel real. It’s not like I sit there and think, ‘Ah, we won this and that’. I have realised that when you win things, life doesn’t change. My goal is to win as many things as possible, so I am not going to be hung up on this. I need to move on and plan for the next.

“This is a feeling shared in the dressing room. We have an elite mindset in our team, and this is what we need to do. The Premier League restarts in less than a month, and we need to start preparing for that.”

 

Colwill recording the moment his younger brother came on as a substitute for Sholing (Simon Johnson/The Athletic)

Few gave Chelsea a chance of beating Champions League holders PSG in the final. In many ways, you could understand why. The Ligue 1 side had put six goals (combined) past Bayern Munich and Real Madrid in the previous two rounds without conceding a goal.

Being written off proved great motivation. Chelsea swept PSG aside with a style of football that should ensure they will be taken a lot more seriously in future.

Finishing the season with 14 wins from 16 games also showed a sustained level of consistency for the first time since the Todd Boehly-Clearlake consortium took over in 2022. It also helped them secure a top-four finish in the Premier League and the Conference League trophy.

Colwill believes it is a good sign that a corner has been turned, but suggests a lack of credit from outside of Stamford Bridge will also continue to drive the players on as they try to compete for a first league title since 2017.

He continues: “We had ups and downs like a lot of teams last season. We still stayed around the top four and were never miles behind. With the fans, we really went all together and just pushed. When that happens, I feel something just lights up and you just win, win, win. That’s what we were doing in the Premier League, then we won the Conference League and headed into the Club World Cup with that mindset.

“But it felt like no one thought we had half a chance, even in the final, and I thought that was very disrespectful. All the questions before the game were based on, ‘You’re not stopping PSG’. I am not complaining. It gave us that fire in the belly, and we proved everyone wrong.

“It does feel like there are not many people who respect us out there. We have been using it and will continue to do so. It might change now that we are world champions, we don’t know. But we are going into games feeling like we have a point to prove. It gives us that extra one per cent, which can make a huge difference.

“Do I think teams will target a win over Chelsea even more so that they can say they have beaten the world champions? Definitely, but that is not a bad thing. They will give us respect. But we have to always be on it; our mindset has to be that we have to win every game.

“We feel like we can definitely compete for the Premier League. The players we have in our squad are among the best, and we are really excited for this season, to once again prove people wrong.”

 

Colwill with his Club World Cup medal (Martín Fonseca/Eurasia Sport Images/Getty Images)

The prospect of playing in the Champions League for the first time in his career is something he is particularly looking forward to. “When that anthem comes on, it is going to be a dream. I could get a bit emotional, to be honest,” he admits.

“I went to watch many Champions League games at Stamford Bridge when I was younger. I have walked out with the flags waving against Barcelona. Many kids dream of playing in the Champions League, so it doesn’t feel real that I am about to. It’s going to be amazing.

“When you hear that song, it just makes your hair stand up on your neck. No matter where you are, if you hear that tune, you know it’s the Champions League. It’s so special.”

And with that, Colwill left to enjoy the last few days of his holiday before the hard work begins all over again. He has certainly earned it.

[CucurellatheCat 23]

Enzo Maresca has revealed that Chelsea centre-back Levi Colwill picked up an injury in training this week which could force them into the transfer market. 

Colwill excelled for Chelsea last season, playing 42 times and being a key part of their possession-based style. 

Chelsea returned for pre-season training on Monday in which Colwill picked up an issue. 

"We had a problem the last two days with Levi Colwill that we don't know how long he's going to be out," said Maresca on Thursday ahead of their first pre-season friendly against Bayer Leverkusen

"Hopefully not too long but for sure it's a problem for us.

"It was the first session on Monday. Just in the last minutes of the session, he felt something."

 

sky

[ahmedou 191]

 

[James 5,332]

 

[Mário César 1,278]

how many months he will miss? 6 or more?