Paul Merson, like many others, has identified the lack of 'goals' as Chelsea's main issue in the early parts of 2022/23 Premier League season amid 'very positive' Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang talks.
Chelsea, who have started off the season with four points from an available six, look a lot more complete with the £176million transfer swoops that have been conducted this summer so far by Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital. Raheem Sterling assisted Reece James for the second Blues goal against Tottenham whilst Kalidou Koulibaly opened up proceedings with his sublime finish to make it 1-0. Marc Cucurella meanwhile looked accomplished and up to speed with Thomas Tuchel's system and he was the one to provide Chelsea's new 26 for his debut goal.
Merson did praise the likes of Cucurella but did point out the main issue that still needs to be sorted out ahead of the September 1 deadline. "Leeds United got three points on the opening weekend of the Premier League season but blew a two-goal lead against Southampton last time around," he wrote in his Sportskeeda column. "Chelsea were outstanding against Spurs and were unlucky to come out with just a point from the London derby, but goalscoring seems to be a bit of an issue for Thomas Tuchel at the moment.
