What Coach Sarri has done is so wonderful in a year of many fluctuations. The Champions League ticket and the Europa League championship are a beautiful ending to a short but joyful year of love.
However, for those behind Sarri, Frank Lampard is likely to deal with the penalties that are weighing on Stamford Bridge? Among them, the two consecutive transfer ban was a "Murder".
Being banned from buying players is one thing, on the other hand Chelsea have to face the "adult player" regulation that UEFA has set for clubs participating in the Champions League.
According to UEFA regulations, each Champions League club must have 25 players in its squad. Of these, at least eight have come from the academy and at least four of them have to be proficient players, which has been a part of Chelsea's training and development since their youth.
Of course, bringing young players to the Champions League will be a gamble with more losses than wins. Because cases like Ajax Armsterdam this season are very rare and after all, Ajax also fell in the semi-finals without achieving any results.
Ensuring the above 8 places is mandatory and each club usually only takes enough, not excess. That is why Tottenham manager Pochettino complained last season and he had to reluctantly leave Juan Foyth out of the group stage.
From next season, the bench of each team in the Champions League will have 12 players. Thus, the choice for each match will be richer for the coaches. But for Chelsea and the above strict regulations, finding 12 capable players to fill the bench is very difficult at the moment.
Andreas Christensen and Ruben Loftus-Cheek are a duo that are eligible for " home advantage" even though Loftus-Cheek has been injured for quite a long time. The same is true of Tammy Abraham and Fikayo Tomori. That is. Chelsea have had 4 players "eat club rice" since they were young.
Gary Cahill and Cesc Fabregas are first-team players. If they stay, Chelsea will have enough players and will not have to add more "hammer" tickets to the full squad. Unfortunately, this star duo left Stamford Bridge.
Victor Moses is a "c club captain" but is in an 18-month loan deal with Fenerbahce. Thus, the most profitable person at the moment is Daniel Drinkwater. The former Leicester City midfielder was not used much by Sarri last season and now is the time for him to be promoted, whether he likes it or not.
With Eden Hazard saying goodbye, stars on loan and looking for glory like Gonzalo Higuain and Mateo Kovacic could also leave Chelsea without wanting to sign more contracts. Thus, the main squad of The Blues will be significantly reduced in strength. In addition, Morata is also on loan to Atletico Madrid for 18 months.
Fortunately for Chelsea, they successfully bought Christian Pulisic from Dortmund. The American midfielder is only 20 years old but is eligible to play in the Champions League due to being trained and matured outside of England.
Tiemoue Bakayoko, Kurt Zouma, Michy Batshuayi are the last names to be noticed. They are the core at other clubs and are ready to return to London to help Chelsea.
Thus, any coach sitting in the hot seat at Chelsea will now have to face the headache of personnel distribution. Chelsea still have many players, but how to allocate them to both ensure quality and not violate the law is very difficult.
Sometimes, it's more difficult to negotiate to buy an A-list star.
