The arrival of Pedro Rodriguez has given the Premier League champion another elite match winner but the failure to bolster an ailing defense may prove costly, says Liam Twomey.
There can be little doubt that Chelsea boasts a stronger squad now than the one that claimed the Premier League title last season – but on the evidence of the first four matches of this campaign, there is plenty of cause to suspect that Jose Mourinho’s summer reinforcements will not be enough to repeat the feat.
How do you improve a team of champions? That was the question posed to Mourinho and Chelsea’s de facto chief executive Marina Granovskaia as the Blues claimed their first league title in five years back in May.