5 problem positions Chelsea need to fix in the summer

#4 Right-Back

Azpilicueta has been struggling in the right-back role

Cesar Azilicueta has been a very faithful servant to the Chelsea cause since he joined for £7.92m in 2012. The Spaniard has been the club's Renaissance Man, performing with distinction in a right-back and central defensive role.

However, he has never been the fastest and has become too easy to get past in recent times. His main strengths; positioning and intelligence have also let him down regularly. The game against Manchester City a case in point as Raheem Sterling and Oleksander Zinchenko went past him with ease.

Davide Zappacosta was another of the very baffling signings the club has made in recent times. The Italian international played mainly as a right-wingback in his time at Torino. Like his fellow countryman, Palmieri, the signing has been a terrible one in terms of delivery and financials.

The club may need to do something similar to what Manchester City and Pep Guardiola did last season. Having clearly identified the fullback positions as a weakness, the club got rid of the players in that position (Bacary Sagna, Pablo Zabaleta, Aleksander Kolarov, and Gael Clichy). It then proceeded to spend north of £140m on Kyle Walker, Bernard Mendy, and Danilo.

This move helped create the record-breaking team that won the league in style last year and is in contention for this season's title.