5 Strikers That Could Make Chelsea Genuine Title Contenders

The beginning of the season saw another change for the manager’s position, Antonio Conte left and came in another Italian tactician Maurizio Sarri.

Sarri had been famed for being the guy that made Napoli play some of their most exciting football in a long time.

The Sarri-ball as it came to be known as one of the delights of Serie A last season. In fact, Napoli gave Juventus a fight for the title, something that hasn’t been done for quite some time now.

When Maurizio Sarri came to Chelsea, most of the fans were delighted to get such a tactically astute manager who was going to make their team play better than that they have been accustomed.

The season is far from over and with Liverpool already creating a huge gap between them and the chasing pack. Chelsea’s weakness has begun to show.

During the first weeks of the season, no one thought it was something that would derail Chelsea, but as it happens, it has been their Achilles heel.

The striking position is one of the positions that Chelsea need to genuinely look to bolster if they are to compete with the likes of Manchester City and Liverpool.

The two strikers that they currently have are not showing enough to warrant them a starting position in the team and that’s why Eden Hazard has taken over that position.

Though that may be the case at the moment, Chelsea needs a genuine striker to help them get the goals.

Here are five strikers that they should be looking at.

Timo Werner

Timo Werner is the young German striker who took the Bundesliga by a storm last season with Leipzig.

The 22-year-old German forward has already bagged 18 goals already this season in 27 appearances.

Though not playing for one of the giants in Bundesliga, Timo Werner has shown that his eye for goal is up there with the very best in the league.

With great pace and astonishing physical strength, the player can easily walk into the Chelsea team and get the goals for them.

His intelligent runs and ability to beat defenders will surely make him a force in the Premier League.

Lorenzo Insigne

Italian international who currently plays for his boyhood club Napoli has already scored 12 goals this season.

The 27-years-old forward, though not an out and out striker, can really prove valuable for Chelsea.

With flair to his game and great speed, the Italian can blend into the Chelsea front trio and come up with the goals for them.

He likes to come in off the left and shoot from distance or beat his man and score a highlight goal.

With Eden Hazard enjoying to drift infield as the game goes on, Insigne may just be the guy to make the Belgian shine, as he will create space for him so often.

Eden Hazard also doesn’t like to cross the ball from the wing; he will enjoy a partnership with the Italian as you can expect some touch-and-go football.

The Italian is also a great reader of the game, so the chances that go begging at Chelsea will finally have someone to convert them.

Andrea Belotti

In the 2016-17 season, there was one man who was the talk of Italian football and that was Andrea Belotti. He managed to score an astonishing 28 goals in just 38 appearances for Torino.

The Italian international, this season, has shown signs of the form that made his one of the sort after strikers in Europe at one point.

He has already scored 9 in 20 appearances already this season for the lowly Torino. Imagine what he can do with quality players like Eden Hazard and Willian supplying him with ammunition?

He’ll truly be unstoppable playing in the EPL as his style of play is custom made for the English league.

An intelligent player with great positional sense, he will give the Chelsea winger a focal point of attack while pulling opposition defenders all over the place.

This will create great space for the likes of Eden Hazard and Willian can get into and cause damage to the opposing teams.

Still only 25 years old, the Torino striker may offer Chelsea a great number of years of service.

Ciro Immobile

Lazio’s 28-year-old Italian striker is the true definition of a hardworking striker.

The Italian enjoys creating space for others in the team with his intelligent movement off the ball; the likes of Eden Hazard can truly enjoy playing with him.

Having Joined Lazio on 27 July 2016 from Sevilla he has gone on to score a whopping 62 goals in 84 appearances for them.

If you couple that number with the 7 goals in 35 appearances for Italy already, you can see that he’s is not a shy man when it comes to goals.

The Italian striker is also capable of playing anywhere across the frontline, making him a versatile player that managers love.

The other thing that makes him a lethal force is his capability to play with both feet.

He is also blessed with pace to burn, making the transition from defence to attack with him on the field to be efficient. Counter attacks on the Sarri-ball will be a thing of beauty with Immobile at the head of it.

Krzysztof Piątek

One player that is currently creating a buzz in Italian football is the Polish 23-year-old striker who plays for Genoa.

The Polish international who is in his first season in Serie A, having moved from Cracovia during the August transfer window, is already one of the deadliest strikers in the Italian league.

He has already scored 13 goals in 19 league appearances and another 6 goals in 2 appearances in the Italian Cup.

In fact, Piatek is now the leading scorer of the Seria A with 13 goals in just 16 appearances

All that has been done playing for Genoa, what can he achieve with star players around him?

With a playing style that is almost similar to his international team-mate Robert Lewandowski, the Polish striker has immense amount of potential.

Under a manager like Sarri, he will definitely thrive and even become of the most feared strikers in Europe.

Conclusion

Chelsea are in definite need of a quality striker as Olivier Giroud and Alvaro Morata aren’t contributing much in terms of goals for them.

Anyone of the strikers in this list can easily walk into the Chelsea team and make the position his own.

Edited by Kingshuk Kusari