Thomas Tuchel's clear Chelsea 'overperformance' clarifies Romelu Lukaku issue for Todd Boehly

You could be forgiven for wishing Chelsea's whole attacking structure is ripped up this summer, and the Todd Boehly era begins with a complete revamp of the final third.

After over £300m spent since January of 2019, the search for a clinical finisher and general productivity has at times been framed as an impossible Rubix cube for the Blues to solve. Last summer's addition of Romelu Lukaku appeared to be the answer to end a long-standing profligate streak, but in many ways, the Belgian's struggles have only further highlighted wider problems.

On the eve of the final game against Watford, Thomas Tuchel was questioned on the attacking shortcomings this season and how the club can aim to resolve them in the upcoming transfer window.

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"If we stick to the group, then we will try to solve it with these players," Tuchel said last Friday. "Is it necessary to bring more offensive players around the box to create more distractions, to create more space for each other? We will ask that question. Can we do better in the structure? Can we push the players more? Did we rotate too much? Let's see.

"There are a lot of options. The numbers we produce from our offensive players don't allow us to overperform, and we need overperformance if we want to be nearer to the top two teams. I am not pointing fingers, I am not blaming anybody, but we need overperformance from everybody. It's not overperformance if we have only single figures in scoring and assisting."

Chelsea certainly have suffered from poor finishing by their attacking players. Christian Pulisic's point-blank miss against Leicester last week showcased the woeful execution supporters have