The summer transfer window was as hectic as you would expect, and for Chelsea it was another window filled with big spending and sad goodbyes. The Blues welcomed 11 new faces whilst seeing 14 players leave the club permanently, including farewells to Cesar Azpilcueta, Mason Mount and N’Golo Kante.
The revolving door of players coming and going has potentially been a reason for Chelsea ’s rather uninspiring start to the Premier League, with only three league wins recorded so far and defeats to Nottingham Forest, Aston Villa and Brentford leaving a dark cloud over the club.
As for the new signings, Nicolas Jackson has been backed by Mauricio Pochettino, despite struggling to meet the fast-paced demands of the Premier League yet. Whilst the Argentinian boss has seemed to help Mykhailo Mudryk and Raheem Sterling find some form, after a tough first season in London.
With constant injuries also causing problems for Chelsea, January might be an opportunity to dip into the transfer market again and football.london have put a list together of players tipped, by SkyBet as potential new signings.
Chelsea’s goalscoring problems that haunted the club last campaign, seemed to have arisen again throughout this season which makes a new striker a priority on Chelsea transfer list, and there are few better the Osimhen.
The Nigerian was ruthless last season as he guided Napoli to the Serie A crown, and has continued into the new season scoring six goals in eight leagues. His range of finishing and intelligent movement would provide the Blues with a cutting edge upfront, something they have been missing since Diego Costa’s dramatic departure in 2018.
Chelsea are the current front runners for his signature at 8/1, but Arsenal and the Saudi Pro
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