Why Chelsea Starlet Lexi Potter Must Be On Your Watchlist – Scout Report

Who Is Lexi Potter?

The WSL is an ever-developing league and one in which no club can ever sit still, and any team who wants to continually challenge at the top needs to be constantly adding to and improving what they already have if they want to avoid a drop in performance levels.

One side who have particularly heeded that this summer is defending champions Chelsea Women, with no fewer than nine new faces coming through the Kingsmeadow door over the last months as manager Emma Hayes looks to freshen her squad up and to replace those who moved on at the end of the 2022/23 campaign.

However, its not only been about the present regarding Chelseas transfer policy, with a significant focus always being on the future too.

This summer has been no different, with 18-year-old defender Brooke Aspin joining from Bristol City Women, Netherlands midfielder Wieke Kaptein (also 18) signing from Twente Vrouwen and Spanish left-back Alejandra Bernabé (who is 21) being added from Real Sociedad Femenino (although all of them will spend the coming season back on loan at those sides).

The academy is also a focus of Hayes attention each summer, with Chelsea looking to bring through their own talent where they can, and this summer has seen the emergence of a very exciting midfielder with colossal potential.

At 17 years old, Alexia Potter, known as Lexi, has become the youngest female player to put pen to paper on a professional deal in England, and, although she will spend 2023/24 with Womens Championship side Crystal Palace Women, there is already a lot of interest in her future and where she could best fit in when her time does come to put on the famous blue jersey as part of the senior squad.

This tactical analysis will look to shed some light on that, breaking down firstly what Potter offers in different match situations and then comparing her to current first-team players to see where she could best be used by her parent club.

Lexi Potter Attacking qualities

Something that Chelsea Women U21 did a lot of last season was to get on the front foot and try to give as many opportunities to their forward players as they could, and, whilst there were a few areas where they could have done better, they were generally a strong offensive side who offered a genuine threat inside the final third.

Lexi Potter was essential to that being the case, with her constantly making intelligent runs and trying to unlock spaces around the field for her team to use to their advantage.

Her determination and desire in possession were clear for all to see, and the fact that she rarely hesitated when chances presented themselves meant that she was often able to catch opposing defences out, getting behind them before they could react and close her routes off.

In this case,