Chelsea have rejuvenated the squad at lavish expense over the last three windows, but fears over a lack of firepower and creativity persist
Chelsea really like Broja and remain big believers in his potential but even before his injury, he had not demonstrated the ability to find the net regularly in senior professional football. Jackson’s record on that front basically consists of a two-month hot streak at the end of last season forThe plan for this season was clearly for Nkunku to be the team’s primary scorer.
Chelsea’s squad is far from what most supporters would expect to see in the wake of seeing around £1billion committed on transfer fees in a little more than 12 months. This might be the most expensive array of football talent ever assembled, but it is not built to win at the highest level right now and it does not look particularly complete.
Such assessments are likely to shift significantly with time. The inevitable consequence of having this many young players and development projects in one squad is that some will make spectacular leaps forward, others will stagnate or regress and the rest will follow trajectories somewhere in between.
Pochettino’s decisions will play a big role in setting those wheels in motion, and his responsibility beyond building a team that wins more consistently will be to ensure there are considerably more players in his young squad trending upwards rather than downwards. What we can say with confidence after the summer window is that this Chelsea squad is the truest representation yet of the model Boehly and Clearlake want to follow. No club has ever bet so much on young talent.
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