With the winter transfer period approaching, teams need to complement their current weaknesses and prepare for the second half of the game. Chelsea, who once led the Premier League, have not been very good in recent times, and successive injuries have greatly affected their squad, and the paper strength has not helped them to continue to maintain the number one position in the league. However, in response to the following winter window, Chelsea head coach Tuchel said that he had no intention of signing in the winter transfer period, and the current strength of Chelsea's team is enough, if the current injured can return, their squad strength can be guaranteed. It seems that Tuchel still has a lot of trust in Chelsea's strength.
Chelsea's squad are currently among the strongest in the entire Premier League, but their recent struggles reflect problems in the squad's midfield. On the one hand, the super centre-forward Lukaku, who was introduced during the summer transfer period, is still not quickly adapting to the rhythm of the team, and after the initial rhythm of scoring goals was limited, it has not been able to become the key gentleman of Chelsea for a long time. On the other hand, after the injury of the team's midfielder N'Golo Kante, Chelsea's control in midfield has been severely reduced, which is no longer enough for them to cope with a more intense confrontation.
Lukaku's problem is still easy to solve, after all, the team still has Werner, Havertz and other people who can share the task of scoring goals, but the problem of the midfield is not particularly easy to solve, neither Jorginho nor Mount can solve the problem of Kante's absence. In addition to Kante, injuries including Mateo Kovacic and Chilwell have affected chelsea's rhythm, and if Chelsea's injury problem is solved, the team's midfield problem can also be effectively solved. However, the injury situation is beyond anyone's control, and even the players themselves cannot guarantee that they will always be healthy.
In addition to the problems in the midfield, many players in the back line have reached the time to renew their contracts, and the contracts of Christensen, Rudiger and Thiago Silva among the three centre-backs will expire at the end of the season, and if Chelsea cannot solve the team's contract renewal problem in the middle of the season, all three players will become free agents and may even leave Chelsea. Once this happens, Tuchel's overall defensive system is disrupted, and even if it is to re-train new people, it will take a lot of time. And the delay in renewing the contract will also affect the mentality of the players.
Of the three players, Thiago Silva and Christensen are actually fine, with Rudiger being the most troubled so far. According to media reports, many clubs, including Real Madrid and Bayern, want to get Rudiger, and Real Madrid is even willing to offer him a weekly salary of 400,000 pounds, which is also the salary he hopes Chelsea can meet. However, if Chelsea adjusts Rudiger's salary, then the salaries of other Chelsea players must also be adjusted, otherwise the team's salary structure will be disrupted.