JAMIE CARRAGHER believes Chelsea are ‘as sturdy’ as some other Premier League crew this season.
The Blues spent £220million on new recruits over the summer season.
Jame Carragher believes Frank Lampard’s Chelsea are as sturdy as any crew this seasonCredit score: AP:Related Press
And they’re sitting fairly in third with 11 Premier League video games performed, simply two factors off joint-leaders Spurs and Liverpool.
Chelsea have the joint-best aim distinction within the division, whereas scoring the second-most targets and conceding the second-least.
Frank Lampard’s aspect additionally booked their place within the Champions League knockout rounds with two video games to spare.
They then sealed prime spot with a 4-0 away win at Sevilla final week.
And Chelsea’s power in depth will turn into much more obvious after they host Krasnodar in tomorrow’s useless rubber at Stamford Bridge.
Carragher believes the sheer would possibly and high quality of Chelsea’s squad makes them title contenders this season.
And at a time the place different sides are seeing accidents to key gamers, the Blues’ high quality choices might make the distinction.
Carragher instructed Sky Sports: “In these early phases of the season, it seems to be like they’ve recruited very well.
“You have a look at the choice choices for Chelsea and the one participant who, if he went into the Chelsea crew is Billy Gilmour as a result of he is nonetheless within the infancy of his profession and is classed as a younger participant.
“If any a kind of gamers performed for Chelsea, you would not suppose they had been a reserve or they made the crew weaker. You may make an argument that it is as sturdy a squad as anybody within the Premier League.
“You may perhaps argue, or I believe it is a truth, that Liverpool and Man Metropolis have a powerful XI, however when it comes to back-up gamers proper now and different groups getting accidents – definitely Liverpool – that power of squad is completely unbelievable and it does not really feel just like the crew could be weakened an excessive amount of regardless of who was enjoying.”
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