[Sport] Premier League predictions: Lawro v rapper & Chelsea fan ArrDee

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Chelsea play Newcastle on Sunday in the Blues' first home game since their Russian owner Roman Abramovich had his assets frozen and his attempt to sell the club was halted.

"The Chelsea players will get a really good backing from their fans at Stamford Bridge," said BBC football expert Mark Lawrenson. "But like everyone else, they don't really know what is going to happen to the club next.

"It's hard to know what kind of performance to expect, because everyone's future is now so uncertain."

Lawro is making predictions for all 380 top-flight matches this season, against a variety of guests.

This week's guest is rapper and Chelsea fan ArrDee.

ArrDee's latest single, Come And Go, was released earlier this month and the 19-year-old's debut 11-track mixtape, Pier Pressure, is out on 18 March.
ArrDee was born in Brighton and grew up a Manchester United fan - well, kind of - but it was Chelsea who won him over when a schoolfriend sparked his interest in football.

"It's funny because my old man always gives me stick about this - he has always been United through and through," Arrdee told BBC Sport.

"There are photos of me as a baby wearing United shirts but I never really followed them because I wasn't really into football until I got bit older.

"Then I started watching a lot of Chelsea games because I was always around my mate's house and his whole family supported them. It just kind of happened naturally!"
ArrDee has met a few Blues players and admits he was starstruck when the Chelsea squad walked into the rooftop bar where he was having a meal, after their Champions League win over Juventus last year.

"Obviously the industry I'm in is music so I've met top, top tier UK rappers like Fredo and Stormzy and all these people," he explained. "Before it happened you think 'I don't know how I'll feel when I see them', but when it happens it is all just natural.

"But for some reason, with the ballers, it's different.

"I saw Mason Mount walk in, and I literally just cut off everyone's conversation. I was with my girlfriend and some mates and it was still big for them but they were saying 'we've met loads of people, why are you all nervous now!?'.

"It's a weird thing where certain things hit you and others don't. Mason is a hero of mine and always has been my boy - so I had to go over and tell him. He is an amazing player already but the potential he has got is frightening.

"It's not just at Chelsea, either, because there are so many players coming through.

"I got even more into my football when I went to some of England's Euro 2020 games at Wembley and the amount of young players we have got who are smashing it is just crazy.

"Everyone always talks about England bringing it back home and it feels like there is a chance of that happening soon - well, hopefully in my lifetime anyway!"

 

Link : https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/60639561