What Lies In Store For Chelsea?

Surprisingly, Chelsea have a couple members of the squad who will intend to secure their place in the fantasy that is Chelsea’s future by emerging through the ‘youth system’. The young Ryan Bertrand, despite having not played at the club for long, gained a shock starting position on the left wing in the Champions League final. He coped well, too. Lucas Piazon, the teenage Brazilian prodigy cost a fee which may eventually rise to £8m. He eventually travelled to London from Sao Paulo in January this year, and is often likened to Kaka despite his more natural striking role: hence the price.

However, one factor that can, and most likely will disrupt Chelsea’s dreams is the ongoing, tiring managerial saga. Even Roberto Di Matteo, who turned the club’s on-pitch fortunes upside down and is the patron saint where the future is concerned, is not safe. This is outrageous in countless ways, yet given that Abramovich has his eye on the god-like Pep Guardiola, it becomes slightly more understandable. If, and it is a very big if, Guardiola is tempted to replace Di Matteo at Chelsea for 2012/13, it would create a unique, winning formula that would rival the world’s elite, given time. However, Guardiola’s loyalty to his Catalan life and career means he will undoubtedly stand by his countless promises and return to coaching the subsequent season.

Guardiola, despite Abramovich’s probable money-laden persuasion, has left the door open for Di Matteo to deservedly step in for now, and the double trophy winning Italian will be optimistic of replicating last season’s success.

Di Matteo appeared to make the most from little in Chelsea’s perspective. Holding off Barcelona and Bayern Munich takes extra-ordinary talent, especially with key players missing. John Terry did his team mates no favours, whilst neither did the other players whose suspensions left them agonizingly watching from the stands in Munich. The climax of the season as a whole was almost a miracle; not one person would have predicted the outcome the world witnessed amidst the season’s earlier stages. Therefore, you would not be unusual to expect next season to be fairly less stressful and more straightforward for Chelsea: especially as the unfortunate Andre Villas-Boas will be nowhere to be seen.

Nevertheless, constructing a new strike force will be an exerting task. With it looking likely an attacking midfielder may be added too, the ex-MK Dons manager may have the challenge of moulding the ‘new’ Chelsea. He may wish to sell or disperse of more ageing players and in doing so, become more than just a top-four team.Unless Manchester United spend really big this summer (apart from Kagawa), the side we have seen of late would surely not overcome both a confident Manchester City and the possible hungry, dynamic, new Chelsea that faces England’s top division. Only Abramovich will know exactly where he wishes his club to be this time in a year and, realistically, the top 2 may well become the target.

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