Todd Boehly must follow Liverpool to allow Chelsea to fix area where only Everton are worse

Over the last few weeks, watching Chelsea has brought a sense of déjà vu. We’ve seen it all before. Chelsea has one win in their last five Premier League matches and from the turn of the year, Chelsea would sit sixth in the form table with seven wins, four draws and four defeats.

As a consequence, Chelsea is limping over the line toward the all important ‘Top Four’ and Champions League qualification and even if they do finish in the top four, they are likely to be as far away from Liverpool and Man City as they were last season.

As a home season ticket holder, it is even more frustrating that Chelsea’s home form is as bad as their away form is good. Eight home wins is equal to Everton and Leicester’s record this season while Chelsea’s eleven away wins is beaten only by Man City and is equal to Liverpool.

When Chelsea can make first Todd Boehly transfer and the convenient Antonio Rudiger replacement

Last season Chelsea squeaked into fourth place at the expense of Leicester by a solitary point on the last day of last season. The season before, a 2-0 win at home to Wolves in the last match of the season ensured fourth place. In 2018-19 Chelsea beat Tottenham Hotspur to fourth place by one point and in 2017-18, Antonio Conte’s last season, Chelsea missed out altogether, finishing in fifth place, five points behind Liverpool in fourth.

This followed the last time Chelsea won the title, with Antonio Conte, in 2016-17. Chelsea has not looked anywhere near winning it since then.

The question that needs to be asked is why? Is it down to the players, many of whom have been at the club for the last four seasons: players such as Cesar Azpilicueta, N’Golo Kante, Marcos Alonso, Antonio Rudiger, Andreas Christensen, Callum