Chelsea: The winners of the Transfer Window

 

The transfer market opened on the 27th of July and since then, there has been one team which has strengthened itself and will have a totally different look come next season. Frank Lampard’s Chelsea backed by Roman Abramovic’s cash have upgraded in almost each position where they seemed lacking last season. 

Let us start with their weaknesses last season. Their most obvious problematic area was their defence. Apart from Reece James and club captain Azpilicueta, the others had a season to forget. Chelsea needed a new centre back and a left back at the minimum. Then, they lacked a creative midfielder. Although Mount was there, he wasn’t consistent enough. Willian and Pedro were amazing servants for the club but they had to be upgraded as they were getting older. 

 

So, first let us look at centre backs. Chelsea signed Paris Saint Germain captain and Champions League finalist Thiago Silva on a one year deal. They also signed upcoming French defender Malang Saar from Nice on a free and gave him a five year contract. Although Silva isn’t a long term solution to their problems but atleast for a season, with Champions League football, he will be an asset to the club. Saar on the other hand will be expected to nail down a starting spot for years to come. 

 

Chelsea then went on and signed Ben Chilwell for fifty million pounds from Leicester. Needless to say, he is a huge upgrade on both Marcos Alonso and Emerson. The Left Back position was always a problem for Chelsea since the departure of Ashley Cole and they seemed to have plugged the gap now with arguably England's best Left Back at the moment.

 

 

 

 

Going up front, Chelsea have bought in Timo Werner from RB Leipzig, who is a winger with an eye for goal. Werner’s addition is more like when Chelsea bought Pedro from Barcelona, a pacy winger with a goal scoring instinct. He is essentially an upgrade on either of Pedro or Willian. They also bought Hakim Ziyech from Ajax.He can play both as a winger and as a creative number 10. He will help unlock defenses from midfield and also has the capability to score worldies with his brilliant left foot. 

The most important part is that they have sold Willian and Pedro, getting them off the wage bill. This is the reason why we feel that Chelsea are the winners of this Transfer Window. With rumors of Jan Oblak and Kai Havertz doing the rounds, we feel that Chelsea still have won the window.