Sorry to bring this back up but I didn't want to start a new thread exclusively to discuss Chelsea but i've been talking to another United fan tonight about Chelsea and it seems that they are probably one of the teams worst off this summer. Their squad is becoming very bare and ageing. They've already seen the departures of Joe Cole, Michael Ballack and Juliano Belletti with only 1 incoming in Yossi Benayoun who is not young and is not exactly someone who would be a definite starter. Deco also seems to be close to leaving and there have been many rumours surrounding whether Ashley Cole and Ricardo Carvalho will remain at the Bridge. And then there's injuries, Petr Cech and Alex are already out for the start of the season and players such as Essien haven't exactly been injury free by any means over the last few years.
This doesn't look like the squad of Champions to me, and 3 of those could still leave. There's 21 players there, 3 of which are Goalkeepers and 3 of which have been rumoured to leave. There are only 5 Homegrown players (I believe in that list) and one of them Ashley Cole has been heavily linked with a move away from the media spotlight and Chelsea. Now they do have others who could fit into there homegrown players but are they ready to play for Chelsea? Players like Mancienne and Cork should be loaned out or sold as they deserve week in, week out football which they won't get at Chelsea.
Petr Cech
Ross Turnbull HG
Henrique Hilario
Alex
Jose Bosingwa
Branislav Ivanovic
Paulo Ferreira
Ricardo Carvalho
Ashley Cole HG
John Terry HG
Mikel John Obi
Michael Essien
Yuri Zhirkov
Florent Malouda
Frank Lampard HG
Deco
Yossi Benayoun
Salomon Kalou
Daniel Sturridge HG
Nicolas Anelka
Didier Drogba