‘Score goals,” Raheem Sterling said, neatly summing up what his job is within Thomas Tuchel’s intricate tactical system at Chelsea. “I think football’s that simple: keep the ball out of the net and the forwards and midfielders have to score the goals.”
It has been a glaring weakness under Tuchel, who is clearly intent on ripping up his attack and starting again. Timo Werner and Romelu Lukaku have gone, Callum Hudson-Odoi and Hakim Ziyech could be the next to leave, and the hope is that signing Sterling for £50m from Manchester City will go a long way towards solving Chelsea’s lack of ruthlessness in the final third.
