A former Premier League striker has questioned Chelsea's decision to sign Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang over Brentford's Ivan Toney and has urged Todd Boehly to do a U-turn in future transfer windows if the next number 9 experiment was not to have worked out.
The Blues are trying to acclimatise to a lot of change that has happened in the last few weeks. From the Deadline Day signing of the former Arsenal talismanic figure to the shock sacking of Thomas Tuchel, stability is the key now if new manager Graham Potter was to get his team firing once more. In his first outing against RB Salzburg, Potter's team suffered the same fate that his predecessor warned about on numerous occasions- a lack of clinical edge in front of goal. The 33-year-old spurned a couple of chances but other than that was rather quiet on his Stamford Bridge debut. But the Gabon international explained his underwhelming start to life on his Premier League return as not being '100%' right.
"I’m going to need more time, I’m not 100% fine, it’s not easy to play with a mask and an injury, let’s hope I recover 100% as soon as possible," he said after the game. His next opportunity to live up to the £11m billing that Boehly paid in the last 24 hours of the transfer window comes after the international break when Chelsea take on Crystal Palace. A London derby that could be postponed to add on to the misery of the Liverpool fixture falling through this weekend due to Queen Elizabeth II's state funeral but this time it would be for different reasons.
