5 things Chelsea should do to get back their mojo next season

#4 Have a better summer transfer window

Morata and Rüdiger have been among the more qualified successes among the new signings

Shambolic, strange, bonkers were just some of the adjectives that could describe Chelsea’s actions in the summer transfer window.

It had been obvious that in terms of quality & numbers, Chelsea needed to have a good window to be able to compete on all fronts as the lack of European football certainly helped the team in its 2016-2017 title run.

Rumours were rife that Radja Nainggolan, Romelu Lukaku, Alex Sandro were the targets that Conte wanted but the board felt that these were players who would come in on huge wages and little in terms of resale value.

In came German centre-back Antonio Rüdiger from AS Roma (£29m), striker Álvaro Morata from Real Madrid (£58m), midfielder Tiémoué Bakayoko from AS Monaco (£40m), Davide Zappacosta from AC Torino (£22m), and Danny Drinkwater from Leicester City (£35m) which was a significant outlay.

None of these players have been roaring successes due to injuries, Conte’s tactics and a mishmash of other issues but it was obvious that a lot of the buys were not the manager’s first choice.

There are obvious issues with the squad and the club will need to be decisive and get their targets in early.