Look out Europe, Chelsea are building their best ever team

David Luiz has his critics, but as I profiled here, has the talent, and now the manager, to become the best in the world. Mourinho turned maverick talents Lucio and Sergio Ramos into the best in the continent whilst he was managing them. If anything, David Luiz has even more talent. If Mourinho can eradicate the mistakes and losses of concentration, he has literally everything he needs to be the best in the world.

Youngster Nathaniel Chalobah has the most talent of any young English player. His glidy elegance in possession and complete range of passing is an incredible mix for an 18-year-old. He has all the technical quality and positional intelligence to develop in to this generation’s John Terry, Chelsea’s homegrown star, which the fans want so much. He has more than a little Schweinsteiger to his game. He makes it looks absurdly easy.

Eden Hazard and Juan Mata are already amongst the best attacking midfielders in the world and can only get better. Mata was involved in over 50 goals last year. Eden Hazard’s debut season was as good as any overseas player has had in England. Imagine if he has a second season as good as the one Juan Mata has just had, he could even do better.

By the end of the season, Mata and Hazard could easily be the best combination in the world. And then there’s Oscar who had an excellent first season when they didn’t expect it. Now they also have Kevin De Bruyne coming back. De Bruyne has a tool kit that could make him a genuinely world class player in a couple of years. He is an ideal compliment to Mata and Hazard.

Added to that, they have Romelu Lukaku. Lukaku is only 20 and just scored 17 goals in the Premier League. Of the elite worldwide striker prospects, it’s only really Neymar who can compare to that, and Neymar’s numbers were in the Brazilian league. Lukaku is that good. I think Neymar can be the best player in the world, and Lukaku isn’t far off his pace.

They might even be about to sign Edinson Cavani, already one of the top five in the world. If you could build a striker, he would look like Lukaku. With the likes of Ramires, Schurrle, Kalas, Piazon and Thorgan Hazard, maybe even Marco van Ginkel, also available, Chelsea have cornered the market on young quality.

In previous guises, Chelsea have always had some of the top players in the world. The team they are building could easily have five or six of the best players in the world, maybe even the best in their position. They have the talent to win trophies and to do it in style. They have the talent to become Chelsea’s best ever team.