Chelsea are struggling without the 'core' group they had in their glory days

A former Chelsea favourite has offered up transfer advice to his former club by suggesting an easier route for future recruitment plans.

Since taking ownership of the club last summer Todd Boehly has spent over £1bn on new players in just three transfer windows, leaving the Blues will a squad full to the brim of new arrivals.

However, one former Chelsea star doesn't agree with the way Boehly has gone about his transfer business and believes there is a better way to achieve success.

Former defender Gary Cahill is of the opinion that is less is more for the club, and that they'd find more reward in adding one or two players at a time, rather than investing in a wrath new names in every window.

Speaking to Hayters, Cahill said: 'When you’re in transition and the team’s evolving and changing, when we were successful here we had the core of the team and then we added one or two players to that and that’s a lot easier to adapt those players into the system and the football club.

'When you have so many changes, it does take time. The ability is there, first and foremost, but it takes time to learn this league and get experience. You get experience good and bad, football’s not all roses.

They’ve had a few sticky results and that will give them some experience. In contrast to that, the manager has obviously got bundles of experience in this league, so I think he’s a great person to guide them through this.'

Despite Chelsea's lavish outlay it hasn't brought success on the pitch, with the club finishing a lowly 12th in the Premier League last season - their lowest position since 1995.

They appointed Mauricio Pochettino in the summer, but the Argentine's team have stuttered into the new campaign, having suffered a shock 1-0 defeat to