The Problem at Stamford Bridge

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Champions in May, 3 points above the relegation zone in November. What went wrong? You will be right if your answer is "a lot". In a league known for its competitiveness, you would have expected the reigning Champions to bolster their squad with high quality signings, but barring Pedro, who hasn't convinced since that man of the match performance on his debut, all they've done is bring in a certain Falcao in hope that he will rediscover his scoring touch, which hasn't happened so far, Rahman, who is still blending into English football with rather inconsistent performances, and Djilobodji, who I'm sure was as shocked as everyone else when he heard Chelsea wanted to sign him.

Jose Mourinho, as we all know, wanted more than these, as the likes of Paul Pogba, Gareth Bale, Raheem Sterling and John Stones were all at one point rumoured to be on the transfer radar of Chelsea, with the latter being pursued, even until the end of the transfer window, without any success. This calls into question the transfer backing that the board gave to Mourinho who made it clear that he needed Stones. It couldn't be more obvious that the Chelsea defence this season have let the team down on countless occasions.

In comparison to the other English teams, Manchester United brought in Depay, Martial and Schweinsteiger, City brought in Sterling, Otamendi and Debruyne, Arsenal brought in Cech, a missing piece in their puzzle for years, and even the 'minors' brought in good players, Wijnaldum to Newcastle, Dmitri Payet to Westham, Shaqiri to Stoke City, e.t.c., which makes you wonder if the Chelsea board was sleeping when all these were happening.

At least, reality has now dawned on them and it will be a shame if Mourinho is sacked rather than given a chance to buy players in January and try to turn things around for good. After all, he is the Special One.

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