Tactics and Transfers: Final Chelsea Transfers Could Ruin Brilliant Window

Coupling that with improving the quality and longevity of the squad is a fantastic thing to have done so far.

Chelsea though are nearing the point where they need to do the hardest part of all of it.

Exercise some self-control.

The squad is in a good malleable place for a first season with a new manager.

If rumors are true Chelsea are going to play between 4-3-3 and 3-4-3 this season.

I notedly think the best formation for the Blues the start in while still having Thiago Silva as a member of the team is the back three.

That said Pochettino appears to prefer the 4-2-3-1 and Chelsea has lined up in that formation during the preseason to greater effect than one would think. That gives hope to the idea that Chelsea will be able to make the transition sooner rather than later.  The Blues though as of recently have made a transfer bid for Michael Olise and are rumored to be interested in Rayan Cherki and are still negotiating for Moises Caicedo.

As of Sunday, they were even looking at a fourth addition in Ajax’s Mohammed Kudus.

That said though should they really be adding more players?

In a 4-2-3-1 they already have enough options.

Goalkeeper: Kepa, Slonina

Defence: James, Gusto, Silva, Badiashile, Fofana (long-term injury), Chalobah, Colwill, Hall, Cucurella, Chilwell and Maatsen.

Midfielders: Enzo, Santos, Gallagher, Carney and Casadei.

Forwards: Sterling, Mudryk, Nkunku, Madueke, Angelo, Nkunku, Jackson, Broja, Lukaku (for the moment) and Ziyech (also for the moment).

That’s 28 players already and Chelsea will be expected to give time to youth players as well during the season while having fewer games to play because of the lack of European competition.

The mistake that Chelsea has made yearly for decades that has capped their ability to continuously succeed on the field and economically off it has been their misuse of youth players.