[New post] Chelsea will ‘struggle for a couple seasons’ as Blues told they need Romelu Lukaku back
Natasha Everitt posted: " Chelsea fans have been warned to get used to their current struggles, with the Blues 'disjointed' under new owner Todd Boehly. The west London side are struggling to emulate the success they had under former owner Roman Abramovich this season" talkSPORT
Chelsea fans have been warned to get used to their current struggles, with the Blues 'disjointed' under new owner Todd Boehly.
The west London side are struggling to emulate the success they had under former owner Roman Abramovich this season, currently sitting tenth in the Premier League with no wins in six games.
Potter's struggles at Chelsea are showing little signs of disappearingChelsea have struggled this season
As a result, manager Graham Potter - who was brought in to replace Champions League winning boss Thomas Tuchel in September - has faced heavy criticism for the on-field disappointment.
However, former Arsenal and Everton star Kevin Campbell doesn't believe Chelsea's below-par season can solely be pinned on Potter, and can even see the Blues struggling beyond this campaign.
Speaking to Sports Bar host and former Chelsea star Jason Cundy on talkSPORT, Campbell said: "Things have changed so much, Graham Potter, he's going to face the same stick that any manager would. It's always so difficult after a regime change for the first man at the helm.
"He's got so many fires to put out, so much to do. Graham Potter's a very capable manager, but he doesn't know the inner workings of Chelsea. Chelsea's inner workings have kind of fallen apart.
"He's trying to put all these pieces together in this jigsaw and there's pieces missing. He's got a hell of a tough decision to make week in week out, and that's not even talking about picking the team.
"There's people above him getting to know him and know the football club. No one seems to know each other, then you're bringing in a load of new players, it's just so disjointed.
Campbell thinks it'll take Chelsea a while to adjust to the Boehly era
"I think Chelsea are going to struggle for a couple seasons."
Lifelong Blues fan Cundy agreed with Campbell, but stated Potter is clearly struggling to find an XI that works thanks in part to having too much choice up top.
The last time Chelsea lost four in a row without scoring was March 1929, and they could level that unwanted record against Leeds United on Saturday.
And Campbell insists not having an out-and-out striker is part of their problem, and has even called for the Blues to call back one of their outcasts to help their goal drought this summer.
Lukaku has scored four goals in 19 appearances on loan at Inter Milan
He continued: "One problem, who's your No.9? [Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang] doesn't play. Let's be honest, you need a No.9, someone you can rely on to score goals.
"The key is this, of all the money Chelsea have spent, why haven't Chelsea gone for a striker?"
He later added: "I think [Romelu] Lukaku, if a manager wants to work with a striker who can get 20 goals - 20 goals for Chelsea catapults them back up the league - sometimes you have to bite the bullet with these things.
"Lukaku obviously the way he left wasn't nice but he's still a Chelsea player.
"Something has to be worked out as far as I'm concerned."
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