Where Chelsea goes now as they recover from the Manchester City loss

After a 6-0 thrashing at the hands of Manchester City, Chelsea as a whole really need to look in the mirror. Where does the club go from here?

Chelsea needs to ask so many questions of itself that it is mind boggling. The past few performances have been horrid at best (outside of Huddersfield, which really should not count). The Blues looked lost against Manchester City on Sunday and it raises the question: Where does the club go from here?

No one has the answers at this point. Not Maurizio Sarri or Roman Abramovich. Not Marina Granovskaia nor Eden Hazard. Everyone at the club seems to be in a daze they need to snap out of immediately.

What does the ownership of Chelsea do? Sack Sarri now and make a statement? Let him work through this traditionally rough first season, back him in the summer transfer window, and then see how he does next season? If Sarri sacked, who comes in to replace him? How about selling the best player – Eden Hazard – to Real Madrid and getting rid of the deadwood in the squad (Ross Barkley, Victor Moses, Gary Cahill, Danny Drinkwater, Willian, Marcos Alonso, Davide Zappacosta) and try to rebuild?

There are hundreds of questions the club could be asking and answering at the moment. While it is very easy to blame Sarri for everything that has gone on this season, there are many other issues within and surrounding the club that have made his job much more difficult. Sarri definitely does not escape blame, but it is also not entirely his fault.

It is not hard to see Chelsea is a poorly run “big club.” Yes, the club does win a trophy every other year or so, but in no way is the club consistently winning. Just take a look at the club’s Premier League finishes since 2013/14: third, first, tenth, first, and fifth.

That is nowhere near consistent. Not to mention Chelsea have had four managers in that span Jose Mourinho, Guus Hiddink, Antonio Conte, and currently Maurizio Sarri.

The only thing consistent around Chelsea these days is the horrible transfers coming both in and out of the club. It has been a problem for quite a while, but is easy to ignore given the decent amount of success the club has had recently. The team has glaring holes everyone seems to able to see, except for those in charge of the club’s transfers.

The left and right back positions have been problems for Chelsea since Branislav Ivanovic and Filipe Luis / Ashley Cole. Both Willian and Pedro are 30-plus years old and aging quickly. There has not been a consistent striker since Diego Costa. The midfield has lacked goals since Frank Lampard.

Chelsea fans recognize most of these issues, but the club executives seem to be blind to them. In no way does the bad business take away the great bits of business the club has done in the past, but good deals are few and far between. Big signings like Eden Hazard and N’Golo Kante must come more often. Not many would argue those two are the only world-class players in a team that needs more.

Chelsea like to penny pinch when it comes to big players, but have no problem shelling out £30-35 million on players like Drinkwater, Zappacosta, and Barkley. Imagine if Chelsea had not signed deadwood players almost yearly and had another £100-200 million to spend on a star like Paulo Dybala, Nabil Fekir, or Ousmane Dembele.

When Manchester City have a problem in their squad, they fix it, immediately, with quality players. Just look at the depth in that squad – it is absolutely unreal. City looks like everyone’s FIFA Manager Mode with no-budget mode. City have three right wingers (Raheem Sterling, Bernardo Silva, Riyad Mahrez) better than Chelsea’s. How is that possible?

This is not hate on the club. This is a discussion and open dialogue between fans everywhere. Chelsea is truly at a crossroads and is at an important moment in the club’s history.

So, Blues fans — where does the club go from here? Let us know in the comments and on Twitter!