Before the opening of the January winter transfer window, Chelsea were tipped to make new signings as they were unexpectedly struggling to win games. Chelsea's struggles were particularly credited to their lack of goalscoring prowess and of course, their attackers were made to shoulder the blames. Despite splashing £97 million to bring back former striker Romelu Lukaku to Stamford Bridge last summer from Italian Serie A side Inter Milan, the Blues have still not been as dangerous as they were expected to be.
28-year-old Lukaku has struggled to shoulder the goalscoring responsibilities at Chelsea and it is one of the reasons why they have not been the team they were last season. They have been forced to draw games that they were originally expected to win and fans started staging a campaign that the club should sign new players starting from the January winter transfer window. However, the club had other plans and decided to stay quiet instead.
The club's former midfielder, ex-Ghana international star Michael Essien, has urged his former club to go all out and sign new players this summer if they want to stand a strong chance of winning the Premier League title.
The Blues are currently battling for a top four spot and look to have missed out on the chance of becoming league champions, with City and Liverpool the two contenders for the crown. But Essien believes that as long as they can sign the right players in the summer transfer window, they can stage a major challenge for the title next season not only for the W glisb Premier League title, but for the UEFA Champions League title as well as domestic Cups, including League and FA Cups. Sevilla defender Jules Kounde remains one of their major targets.