Chelsea Ins/Outs

Ins:
Juan Mata - Valencia to Chelsea
Romelu Lukaku - Anderlecht to Chelsea
Raul Meireles - Liverpool to Chelsea
Thibaud Courtois - Genk to Chelsea
Lucas Piazon - Sao Paulo to Chelsea
Ulises Davila - Chivas to Chelsea
Oriol Romeu - Barcelona to Chelsea

Outs:
Michael Manciene - Chelsea to Hamburg
Slobodan Rajkovic - Chelsea to Hamburg
Yuri Zhirkov - Chelsea to Anzhi
Fabio Borini - Chelsea to Parma
Yossi Benayoun - LOAN Chelsea to Arsenal
Patrick Van Aanholt - LOAN Chelsea to Wigan
Gael Kakuta - LOAN Chelsea to Bolton

Expected Line Up: (If all fit)
                            Cech
Bosingwa       Alex          Terry         Cole
           Lampard     Mikel     Essien
Anelka             Drogba                  Torres

Subs: Malouda, David Luiz, Raul Meireles, Ramires, Juan Mata. Ivanovic, Hilario

End Of Season prediction: 3rd
Top scorer: Fernando Torres
Best player: Fernando Torres/Ramires/David Luiz

Chelsea this summer have again spent heavily on youth coming through their ranks. These include two of the brightest prospects in football at the moment in Juan Mata (who was also wanted by Arsenal) and Lukaku who has been described as Drogba like. Some fans feel at the moment that Chelsea are slipping out of reach of Man Utd and Man City with an ever ageing squad including Lampard,33, Terry, 30, Drogba,33, who are getting on a bit. I think that Chelsea's main problem this season will be the pace of Chelsea's back four and whether they can handle the pace of some strikers in the Premier League which beckons the question, What about David Luiz? Well since Villas Boas rein in charge David Luiz hasn't been getting a look in. Whether he isn't ready for the big time yet, I don't know. On a positive note I think Fernando Torres will come good this season after getting to know his team mates over the summer I can see him getting around 18 Goals.


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