Jase

Not sure if I should be excited or worried that we're bringing like the ENTIRE gang (minus JT) back to the club...

Yeah, more or less accurate... Batshuayi - 33m Kante - 32m Alonso - 23m Luiz - 30m Rudiger - 29m Bakayoko - 40m Morata - 58m Zappacosta - 23m Drinkwater - 35m Barkley - 15m Emerson - 17.5m Giroud - 18m Jorginho - 51m Kepa - 72m Pulisic - 57m (fees - taken from Wiki - in pounds)

Benitez is coming home...

That's if you believe every crap written by the media. More often than not, things do not happen when journalists put timeline on the matter...

I believe he works as an ambassador and assistant loan player technical coach.

To be fair, we already have a number of ex players working at the club - e.g. Ferreira, Cudicini, Hilario (is Eddie Newton still at the club?). We are just bringing back the bigger names for bigger roles, I guess.

Perhaps but at least having someone with football knowledge in the board might help us make better transfer decisions...

"Technical and Performance Advisor"...

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/chelsea-confirm-petr-cech-return-16551898

TBF, Sarri isn't the first Chelsea manager to mention that issue...

Bulking up a bit would help but think the most important thing is, whether he can be aggressive and show tenacity when needed. As @OneMoSalah mentioned above, there are a lot of similar build players (from the Bundesliga or elsewhere) and they can handle the physicality of the Premier League. Also, think back to Oscar. Had (still has) a small looking frame but showed he can handle the physical demands in England.

TBF, it wouldn't have been that many had Lopetegui not done what he did and even then, Hierro was only the caretaker and Enrique had to quit due to personal reasons. It's not like they were happily sacking people...