Slight tweaking or overhaul?

[Guest justin_3d]

Players to leave:

Anelka. Anelka might want to leave to the MLS, and is time he goes to make space for a younger player. Like Sturridge or any new striker we buy.

Malouda. Another player on his last year, that has to make some room for a younger player to come in. He did said he wanted to finish his career in Brazil...so maybe a swap for a brazilian player plus cash would not be a bad idea...if that's what Malouda wants. So he has to go to make place for a winger or Kakuta.

Bosingwa. His head and heart are not in the team. If he wants to leave then sell him. Replacement will have to come in a player like Van der Wiel.

Kalou. I like this player a lot because of his simplicity and humility. But i think it might be time to look elsewhere. And even he has said that maybe at the end of the season he will assess his situation and might have to look elsewhere.

He might like to move along with Frank Arnesen to Hamburgh. If he leaves the player to take his place is Sanchez on the wings.

After that, any other players that leave will be at the discretion of the club. But these changes have a great chance of materializing

Players to come:

Winger, RB, and Creative midfield.

There is a big list out there so i will give some name and then point out to my favorites.

Striker: Neymar, Lukaku, Cavani o Aguero.

Winger: Alexis Sanchez

Creative Midfield: Javier Pastore, Ganso, Alan Dzagoev o Hamsik

RB: Van der Wiel.

From these, priority for me falls in the winger first. And that only name that tops all is Alexis Sanchez. Sanchez should be our number one priority in the summer.

After that, if we sell Bosingwa then Van Der Wiel should be our second priority.

And third is my creative force, which for me my favorite is Javier Pastore. He really can have that cutting edge that Chelsea is lacking, to link up with our new attacking style with Carlo. But his price is something to consider.

If Chelsea can hustle Palermo like they did with Benfica when we got David Luiz, then it will be awesome.

So i see these 3 as very vital in the summer. Anything else Chelsea gets will be a surprise for me.

In the end, i don't think a major overhaul is needed. 4 or 5 players should leave and 3 should come in. While continuing to integrate more youth from our academy.And for god sakes, keep the dam manager at least till his contract finish!

[BlueLion. 21,491]

I'd say we're okay for strikers...

At a push I'd say we give Lalkovic a chance and possibly sign Lukaku. But I doubt we'll seriously persue any strikers unless Drogba and/or Anelka leave.

[Tomo 21,751]

I'm strongly disagree here. If Bosingwa and Paulo are sold, we need to buy someone to fill the gap. Okay, Billy is doing well with the Academy, but what if Ivanovic is injured for 6 months ? Does he is good enough to be a titular in this situation ? Maybe, maybe not. I do not think we can put our hope in a player who has yet to play a professional game. And Ivanovic isn't a right back, therefor I think we need to have a proper real (and good) right back in our team. Though I'm agree on the fact that we should give Clifford a chance to see what he is made of.

Maybe bring a RB in but chances are they will be 2nd choice to Ivan's unless they get a lucky break similar to his own at Anfield so spending £18m on one isnt a good idea and imo will be like Yuri all over again.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

We should sign Davide Santon at right-back.

[kwylino 329]

Id love Xabi alonso And robben. But i would see robben being more likely if bayern do not secure CL football. but i would say its worth A enquiry. Strikers wise Sturridge MUST Be given chances the boy has shown some good signs at bolton And i reckon he should be given his chances. Out wise well hilario for me and promote A youth keeper for me if they fail bring in A loan keeper or something. midfield wise hamsik would be good too but i fear the asking price would be excess high. But yeah like robben worth a enquiry about imo

Lalkovic and borini would be interesting to look at next season. Would like to see them have a few games in blue whether it be A cup or a minor prem game

[Peace. 4,352]

I'd say we're okay for strikers...

Anelka is a holding midfielder.

Maybe bring a RB in but chances are they will be 2nd choice to Ivan's unless they get a lucky break similar to his own at Anfield so spending £18m on one isnt a good idea and imo will be like Yuri all over again.

I think you are overrating Ivanovic. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that he is poor or stuff, he has been a really good right back for us this year and the last year. But you sound like he is unrivaled at the right back spot and that nobody can top him. And I think it is way too much adamant to say that the new righ back will just be the 2nd choice.

This season highlighted another thing, is that we absolutely need competition for each position. I believe it would be dumb to do not have someone whom has a very good potential so that Ivanovic keeps performing. So, to me, this is unthinkable to have just a center back for the right back spot.

Here's another reason why I think we need to buy a right back : The problem is that Ivanovic isn't a right back. We can't have a team without a right back... You've just witnessed what happen when you don't have wingers, haven't you ? Furthermore, we need diversity, even if Ivanovic is doing a terrific job, he doesn't add to the team what a righ back would add. At some point we will need pace, speed and technic at this spot.

And we got to keep in mind that Terry won't get any younger, and at some point he will be benched. I honestly think his successor should be Ivanovic. So at that moment, the right back X (the one we will buy this summer) will take this position...

[synavm 4]

I chose overhaul, because we need 3-4 new players and also release/sell a few aswell. I'm sure Sturridge will be given a chance so that's CF sorted with Drogba,Torres, Sturridge. We need a left winger and a right winger because let's be honest Malouda is too inconsistent and Anelka has all the potential in the world but doesn't use it, also the age factor, might question his motivation. A right back perhaps, depending what the situation is with Bosingwa and his form. And a playmaker.

OUT:

1. Hilario (age, I think a reserve keeper can cover 3rd GK spot)
2. Anelka (age, could question his motivation, not consistent enough, big game bottler)
3. Malouda (age, has no stability in his play anymore, woeful all season, only a few Chelsea standard games)
4. Ferreira (age, doubt he has the time to make a rejuvenating impact now)
5. Bosingwa (unless he kick starts his season)
6. Zhirkov (he hasn't made much since arriving two years ago, except that Spartak goal and earning us 2-3 penalties, would expect more of an impact from a winger/wing back)

IN:

1. playmaker (Hamsik?)
2. right back (Gregory van der Wiel?)
3. left winger (Neymar?)
4. right winger (Alexis Sanchez? or Neymar? (transfermarkt.co.uk says Neymar can play CF, RWF, LWF and good with both legs, ideal option in my eyes)

Give our own youngsters a chance:

1. Daniel Sturridge
2. Josh McEachran
3. Patrick van Aanholt
4. Gael Kakuta (if he finds his stability)

Management:

1. Carlo Ancelotti (we need stability and he is the best option we have, deserves at least another season)
2. New sporting director (Frank Arnesen going to join HSV in the summer)
3. New assistant coach? (I don't know about this one, I believe Emenalo hasn't been anywhere as helpful/supportive to Ancelotti as Wilkins was)

Couldn't agree more with any of that. Well said, sir.

[GodZola 630]

Anelka is a holding midfielder.

Since when has Anelka been a 'holding midfielder'?

He has taken plenty of flax on here for his recent performances and some of it justified but people forget his best position is either playing as a lone striker were he has played so well namely when the African players have been to ACN or up top forgeing a parnership with Drogba, he also had a very successful partnership with Kevin Davies at Bolton in this position. Anelka and Torres also played really well in Copenhagen i think it was when they were paired together.

[Henrique 9,133]

Changing the manager would be the a huge overhaul, imo.