Well this is kind of a ? with a bit of a tangent mixed in. 1. If Gooch has a stellar world cup... what teams do you think will come calling? 2. If offered Chelsea... should he go? 3. With zero job security, why would Gooch, or any player in the world for that matter, want to go to Chelsea? I'll reserve my answers for later
I think the best opportunities would be Arsenal and Liverpool. Whether either of them would want him is unknown. Chelsea would be a bad fit as they are so arbitrary in their support of their players. ManU already is pretty established at CB. If Arsenal gets rid of Campbell, which seems to be a distinct possibility, they could use a physical presence. Hyppia isn't getting any younger for Liverpool. Gooch seems like a natural heir apparent to Hyppia.