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So big moves this summer again at Chelsea with the signing of Lukaku for just under £100m.
This has been offset by the departures of Tomori, Giroud and Abraham who've all moved to Italy in deals that will see them bank around £65m. This is what Chelsea seem to do better than the other clubs in England they really do move players on for decent fees none of these players really contributed anything last season for them but they banked big fees especially for Tomori and Abraham. Of that young academy revolution under Lampard it looks like Mount and James will be the only ones who really last the distance.
Suggestions are they're still in the market for a centre back Kounde from Sevilla seems to be the one they're linked with most heavily at the moment.
Seeing a lot of people tipping them to win the league this season personally I'm not yet convinced yes they did have a great defensive record after Tuchel took over but they did struggle to score and I'm not totally convinced Lukaku solves all those problems. Yes he did improve in Italy workin under Conte and I'm interested to see how Chelsea use him the key I think will be keeping their other attackers close to him and not allowing him to be isolated when the ball goes into the channels.
What can't be denied is they've got themselves a good manager, the money tap seems to be fully open again and as a result they've built a really solid looking squad stocked with plenty of talent if they can start picking up the points regularly vs the smaller sides they are going to be right up the top.
This has been offset by the departures of Tomori, Giroud and Abraham who've all moved to Italy in deals that will see them bank around £65m. This is what Chelsea seem to do better than the other clubs in England they really do move players on for decent fees none of these players really contributed anything last season for them but they banked big fees especially for Tomori and Abraham. Of that young academy revolution under Lampard it looks like Mount and James will be the only ones who really last the distance.
Suggestions are they're still in the market for a centre back Kounde from Sevilla seems to be the one they're linked with most heavily at the moment.
Seeing a lot of people tipping them to win the league this season personally I'm not yet convinced yes they did have a great defensive record after Tuchel took over but they did struggle to score and I'm not totally convinced Lukaku solves all those problems. Yes he did improve in Italy workin under Conte and I'm interested to see how Chelsea use him the key I think will be keeping their other attackers close to him and not allowing him to be isolated when the ball goes into the channels.
What can't be denied is they've got themselves a good manager, the money tap seems to be fully open again and as a result they've built a really solid looking squad stocked with plenty of talent if they can start picking up the points regularly vs the smaller sides they are going to be right up the top.