Chelsea are in the same position they have been for years on end as they look to prepare for the 2023/24 season. Not only are they under new management with cautious optimism building that Mauricio Pochettino will be able to bring back a sense of feeling and connection to a broken club, but they are seeking a new striker.
Since 2016 they have spent £433.9million ($557million) on players that were signed as or would go on to play as centre forwards. Christopher Nkunku and Nicolas Jackson have been included in that figure having joined this summer but are yet to make their debuts. They are the next challengers.
In the years of Romelu Lukaku, Alvaro Morata and Timo Werner, the three biggest attempts to solve an inevitable and unavoidable problem, it has been Tammy Abraham that has brought the best return. Since Diego Costa in 2016/17 nobody has scored more than 20 league goals in a season.
