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Chelsea analysis: The forwards new and old give Blues spark

By Michael DeVito

WATFORD, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 02: Christian Pulisic of Chelsea celebrates with teammate Tammy Abraham after scoring his team's second goal during the Premier League match between Watford FC and Chelsea FC at Vicarage Road on November 02, 2019 in Watford, United Kingdom. (Photo by Catherine Ivill/Getty Images)
WATFORD, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 02: Christian Pulisic of Chelsea celebrates with teammate Tammy Abraham after scoring his team's second goal during the Premier League match between Watford FC and Chelsea FC at Vicarage Road on November 02, 2019 in Watford, United Kingdom. (Photo by Catherine Ivill/Getty Images) /
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Chelsea’s German striker Timo Werner (2nd R) celebrates with teammates after scoring the opening goal of the pre-season friendly football match between Brighton and Hove Albion and Chelsea at the American Express Community Stadium in Brighton, southern England on August 29, 2020. – The game is a ‘pilot’ event where a small number of fans will be present on a socially-distanced basis. The aim is to get fans back into stadiums in the Premier League by October. (Photo by Glyn KIRK / AFP) (Photo by GLYN KIRK/AFP via Getty Images)
Chelsea’s German striker Timo Werner (2nd R) celebrates with teammates after scoring the opening goal of the pre-season friendly football match between Brighton and Hove Albion and Chelsea at the American Express Community Stadium in Brighton, southern England on August 29, 2020. – The game is a ‘pilot’ event where a small number of fans will be present on a socially-distanced basis. The aim is to get fans back into stadiums in the Premier League by October. (Photo by Glyn KIRK / AFP) (Photo by GLYN KIRK/AFP via Getty Images) /

Chelsea’s forwards both already at the club, new transfers, and rumored signings give the Blues a spark going into the new season.

By all accounts, Chelsea has had an unusually animated and arguably extremely productive transfer window. This series will explore the current status of the club’s personnel, position-by-position beginning with the forwards.

While no transfer at any time or at any cost ever is an iron-clad sure thing, the quality of the players bought into the team in this window so far may well surpass any in the last decade or so at the club in both quality and quantity. These additions for next season certainly are reasons for great optimism among the Chelsea faithful, and perhaps some degree of trepidation for the not-so-Chelsea followers in Liverpool, Manchester, and elsewhere in London. The Chelsea forward position is certainly no exception.

Chelsea has splashed the cash this summer (and technically earlier) after having been extant from transfers during the past two windows. During last summer’s window, a ban precluded the Blues from registering any signings and new manager Frank Lampard had to make do with the personnel on hand. In addition, while their second window ban for January was overturned, the club decided not to invest in the team at that time. It was an unpopular and risky stance, but in light of Lampard’s being able to brilliantly earn essentially a third-place finish (at least on points) and Champions League qualification, it proved to be advantageous and opportune.

The hiatus on transfers was utilized as more of a stocking-up period to aggregate necessary funds to afford Lampard the opportunity to not just tune but overhaul the club as he sees fit. And to date, it looks as though he is well on his way to doing just that. One of the positions that Lampard has seemingly prioritized for his new Chelsea (called a “revolution” by some), is the forwards. Let’s take an in-depth look at who will be available if fit (a big “if”) when the bell rings at Brighton on September 14.

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