August 21st 2023.
Jamie Carragher has stated that, despite Chelsea's huge investment in the transfer market, they are still a long way off from challenging for the Premier League title this season.
The west Londoners have splurged around £320 million this summer alone, including a club record £115 million for Moises Caicedo. Taking into account their total spending over the last 12 months, their total expenditure is close to the £1 billion mark.
However, this has not convinced Carragher that they are close to the level of reigning champions Manchester City. Speaking on Sky Sports, the former Liverpool defender explained: “I think what you’d say about Chelsea in these first two games, disappointing results for them, but they’ve actually impressed in terms of how they played against Liverpool and I thought they played well at West Ham.
“But I do feel when you spend that amount of money, it does feel strange when – we’re all asked before the start of the season [for predictions] – not many people are putting Chelsea in the top four.”
He went on to add that the squad is still missing several key components, including a goalkeeper despite having signed Robert Sanchez for £25 million this month. Carragher believes that the Blues need another top centre-back and an out-and-out goalscorer to challenge Manchester City.
The former Liverpool defender concluded: “You think of those really important decisions, it still feels like four players, four top players, would need to go into that team just to challenge Manchester City and that doesn’t feel right when you consider the amount of money that they’ve spent.”
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