They were not so long ago when Winger Chelsea Noni Madueke was acting non -alter, refusing questions about the title race suggesting that he didn't even know what he was.
The constant questions surrounding the Blues' hopes of gaining the Premier League have undoubtedly grew tedious, but they are days that supporters want to have traveled in 2025.
A 3-1 loss in Manchester City On Saturday, it means that Enzo Maresca's team has won only one of their previous league exits. They are in the sixth place at the table and barely on the right track to build on the only indifferent season of Mauricio Pochettino at the club.
Blues, the protagonists of the latest transfer window, have so far resisted the cash spraying in an effort to update in an already swollen team. However, their destruction over the past month has exhibited poor team construction, with superior staff required to take Maresca side on track.
Here are four issues Chelsea will want to be resolved before the deadline.
Pochettino Robert Sanchez rejected Djors Petrovic last season, but Maresca was quick to establish his faith in the Spanish after he had Argentine success.
Sanchez has functioned as the number one of Chelsea this term, with much of the beginning of Philip Jorgensen to arrive at the Cup races joining the club from Villarreal during the summer.
The former Brighton goalkeeper has produced some great shows between the sticks, but he is never far from a wild mistake. By HeavenlySanchez has made a high mistake of the high league of the league leading to goals this season, equally in this regard, the Ipswich Arijanet Muric, losing his number status for Christian Walton in Portman Road.
While Maresca suggested that there will be no drastic difference between the sticks, despite Sanchez's wild show in Etihad, the Italian admitted that his goalkeeper is playing “far away, far from the desired level.
It is clear that the Spaniard is not a number one of the Premier League, but Jorgensen has not yet shown that he would be a special update. Maybe an external addition is required.
After joining the club during the summer, Chelsea has chosen to borrow Renato Veiga at Juventus for the rest of the season. There is no opportunity or obligation to buy completely, but it would be no surprise to see traders in Clearlake move the former Basel defender permanently during the summer.
Veiga is an interesting profile that has offered some values in the cup races, but Maresca did not trust him in the Premier League. Marc Cucurella has started 19 out of 23 Chelsea League matches, with Veiga gathering only 181 minutes in the competition.
With Ben Chilwell off the network under the Maresca hour, the blues suddenly have a lack of options on the left. If Chilwell suddenly does not work on the manager's thinking, the central defender of the first choice Levi Colwill will work as a meaning of Cucurella.
Chelsea would leave herself short in position without taking a veil replacement.
Given the large number of players who have joined the club in recent years, it is extraordinary for Chelsea to have a depth in several positions.
The midfield was a special position of the force during their pre-east pump, but the constant concerns of Romeo Lavia damage imply that the favorite options of Maresca were executed on the ground. No Chelsea player has played more Premier League Minutes this season than Moises Caiedo (2,035).
Boss has insisted that he does not seek reinforcements in midfield, but Kiernan Dewsbury -Hall, Carney Chukwuemeka and Cesare Casadei – current Chelsea depth options – everyone could leave the club before the deadline.
With lava prepared for weeks on the borders due to a muscle damage, the blues can certainly not allow all their midfield options to reserve. However, it is clear that Maresca does not trust those mentioned to perform at the Premier League – not even Old Leicester Pal Dewsbury -hall.
It is difficult to determine what exactly would Alejandro Garnacho bring to this Chelsea team that they have not already received. He is a shooter more ready than the current Maresca extensive options, but is he a player whose blues must be extinguishing £ 60m to give their needs elsewhere?
If they are going to strengthen their first line, they should focus on acquiring a ruthless purpose. When we think of Chelsea's best teams of contemporary times, they were driven by a forward action with a clinical touch. Think Didier Drogba and Diego Costa. Good luck by signing a player of that illustration during the last days of the window, but Nicolas Jackson has begun to show that he probably should not be the main man of the club.
Jackson scored 14 Premier League goals last season, but underestimated his expected goals by 4.6 – for Fhref. The promise shown the last term was built during the first half of 2024/25, but the former Villarreal striker is in the middle of a drought that he rarely looks like a fugitive. He has not scored in eight matches.
The 23-year-old should not be completely given up, but Chelsea should take into account the reduction of their losses with the dissatisfied Christopher Nkunku and gain a reliable intention to reduce the burden on Jackson.