Nkunku role, Enzo partner, Colwill demand: Chelsea spots up for grabs under Mauricio Pochettino

Mauricio Pochettino is the man with the responsibility of trying to bring consistent success back to Chelsea Football Club.

Sounds rather straightforward, right? Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital have shown over the past two-and-a-bit transfer windows they will back their head coach financially to go out and get some of the best talent from around the world.

It isn't simple, though — it's actually far from it. The challenge Pochettino faces may seem daunting, but it seems unfathomable for the side to plummet even more under his tutelage after a dismal 2022/23 campaign that saw them finish in the bottom half of the Premier League table and not win any trophies elsewhere.

Daunting as it may be, Pochettino was not put off by the task at hand and the Argentine, who took training at Cobham for the first time on Monday, is looking forward to getting properly stuck in at Stamford Bridge. Next season, which starts in just over a month, Chelsea will have no European distractions after failing to qualify for any continental competition.

Whisper it quietly, but the last time this was the case at Chelsea, the side went onto win the Premier League title under Antonio Conte in the Italian's first season at the club in 2016/17. It is unrealistic to expect a repeat of that fabulous season given how far off Chelsea were last term, but there is plenty of optimism growing around the club at the moment and that should only increase as the summer transfer window goes on.

The main focus for the club this summer is to offload their unwanted players and thus far they have more than succeeded in that respect. Eight players have left the club so far and there are a couple more who are looking close to leaving and decrease the size of what was a