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Chelsea to Revamp Forward Line This Summer

Chelsea have had a strange relationship with their strikers in the last few seasons. Last season Didier Drogba and Nicolas Anelka were dropped in favour of struggling Fernando Torres who is the only striker of the three still left at the club. Halfway through the season Nicolas Anelka was released and moved to China where he did not stay for long. Through the rest of the season Daniel Sturridge took Anelka’s place and Fernando Torres remained the front man until the knockout stages of the Champions League when he was dropped in favour of the big Ivorian Drogba. .....Read more...

It is fair to say that Chelsea have been missing Didier Drogba this season. Fernando Torres has been better for the Blues this year, scoring 15 goals in all competitions so far, and Demba Ba has added some physical presence up front since signing from Newcastle in January, but has only scored once in his six league games so far. There is a player on Chelsea’s books who has the strength and pace to replace Drogba, and he has scored 12 league goals this season. The problem is that 19-year old Romelu Lukaku has been scoring them for West Brom. .....Read more...

Romelu Lukaku arrived at Chelsea last summer with a big reputation as a prolific goalscorer with Anderlecht at just 18 years of age, but since his arrival for a massive £18 million he has languished in the reserves.

With Drogba, Torres, Anelka and Stuuridge at the club last season, Lukaku was hardly going to get many chances and really he should have been left with Anderlecht for another season or perhaps should have been sent out on loan to another Premier League club, like Sturridge had been during the previous season. .....Read more...

Roberto Di Matteo is confident that Chelsea will see much more from their Spanish international striker Fernando Torres this season. The Italian boss is still looking to add a t least one quality striker to the Chelsea squad, in order to push Torres and to provide cover during a long and arduous season.

Di Matteo had hoped that 19-year old Belgian international Romelu Lukaku was going to step up into the first team reckoning but, despite impressing in pre-season, it has been decided that the best interests of the club and the player would be served by a loan spell at another Premier league club. Lukaku needs to play regularly to gain sharpness and experience, and Chelsea know that they cannot promise him that. .....Read more...

Chelsea managed a draw against former Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti and his Paris Saint-Germain team, but took until the 82nd minute before scoring the equalizer. It was 18-year old Brazilian Lucas Piazon, who replaced Romelu Lukaku for the last half hour, that scored with a good finish from a pass by his compatriot Ramires.

Lukaku had failed to continue his form from the first pre-season game, and it is reported that the Belgian striker will join Fulham on loan to get some playing time and Premier league experience. Chelsea really missed a cutting edge up front, with Daniel Sturridge in London with the British Olympic team and Fernando Torres due to rejoin Chelsea today. .....Read more...

The whereabouts of 19-year old Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku will be decided in the next few weeks. Chelsea manager Roberto Di Matteo is keeping a close eye on the youngster as he tries to decide whether to loan him out or give him an opportunity in the squad.

“We had a talk at the start of pre-season and I’m very keen to see him perform for us and then we will see what is going to happen.” .....Read more...

Wigan chairman Dave Whelan claimed yesterday that Chelsea had put in another bid for 21-year old Victor Moses of £5 million and that Wigan had rejected it. The Wigan chairman values his player at about double that amount but the deal is complicated by Moses’ fervent desire to come to Stamford Bridge.

Roberto Di Matteo is obviously keen on the young winger and has said “He had a good season last season. He is young and an interesting prospect.” It doesn’t look like Chelsea are going to give up on Moses, who can also play as a support striker. He claimed six goals and six assists for Wigan last season and is continuing his football progression. Whelan has tried to persuade him that his education would be better served by staying at Wigan, but to no avail. .....Read more...

Chelsea youngster Romelu Lukaku said he did not feel any joy after his club won the UEFA Champions League and the FA Cup titles, as he feels he was not given any chance to prove himself.

The 19 years old striker would like to get a loan move away from the Premier League. He was bought to Chelsea from Anderlecht by former manager Andre Villas-Boas, but he only managed to gather 12 appearances in the season. The Belgian forward made it clear that if he will not be included in the manager’s plans for the next season, he would like to move on loan outside the Premiership, probably to his former club, Anderlecht. .....Read more...

Romelu Lukaku, it is fair to say, is slightly disappointed in the start of his Chelsea career. He has publicly denounced former boss Andres Villas-Boas for the treatment he received. He only ended up playing in eight league games, often as a substitute. He claims that he learnt nothing from Villas-Boas after signing a five year contract last summer.

Stoke City wants to take the player on loan, and he would certainly get more Premier league experience. A lot will depend on who is managing Chelsea next season and who is brought in to replace the players on their way out of Stamford Bridge. It is certain that the Blues will be bringing in at least one top name striker, if not two, to replace the departing legend that is Didier Drogba. .....Read more...

The young Chelsea striker Romelu Lukaku is very unhappy with the treatment he received from his former manager Andre Villas-Boas.

The young Belgian joined Chelsea from Anderlecht last summer, but did not start any Premier League or Champions League match while Villas-Boas was manager of the Blues.

The Portuguese manager was sacked in March, and Lukaku has criticized the way Boas treated him.

Lukaku said that “There is one person that I will never forgive for what he did to me – the previous coach. It was the way he spoke to me and treated me. Right from the beginning, it was weird.” .....Read more...