Thomas Tuchel's Tammy Abraham advice provides lesson for Chelsea's next star in the making

Perhaps Thomas Tuchel's biggest task this summer at Chelsea is not bringing in the correct singings, but keeping the right players. As much as big-name transfers including Raheem Sterling, Matthijs de Ligt and maybe even Cristiano Ronaldo could improve the squad, they will cost a lot of Todd Boehly's money.

It's not necessarily that the Blues are on a one-in-one-out rota, because in defence they need at least two centre backs to break even with last season. The midfield is in a similar spot with N'Golo Kante and Jorginho also players with a realistic chance of departing before the window slams shut.

This means that somehow Chelsea need to fill their squad, and it won't be with the Ross Barkleys, Kennedys and Matt Miazga. The platform to bring readymade players into the team is already set through the Cobham upbringing of many of Chelsea's historically successful youth teams.

Alongside Mason Mount, Reece James, Trevoh Chalobah and Callum Hudson-Odoi, Tuchel is currently filling four first-team spots with players that haven't been paid for. Had they kept hold of Marc Guehi or Tino Livramento, that would have subsequently taken extra senior players' wages off the books and freed up more funds to take onto the recruitment table.

Heading into the 2022/23 season and arguably Tuchel's biggest choices will come from who he wants to keep around for next season, rather than who he buys. By this, we don't necessarily mean whether to sell Marcos Alonso and Cesar Azpilicueta, no, it's a much more complicated process. Chelsea need to convince Levi Colwill, Conor Gallagher and Armando Broja that there are first-team spots for them next season. Otherwise, they could end up losing a set of players that they have invested so heavily