[Sports] Chelsea: How far away are they from being good again? Plus have your say

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As the saying goes, you can't just throw money at a problem.

Todd Boehly's Clearlake consortium have ploughed more than £600m into a Chelsea side that finished third last season.

Clearly they expected something better than a campaign spent scrabbling around mid-table - the Blues are likely to set their record-lowest Premier League points after five defeats from five under Frank Lampard.

But how far is this squad from being in top-four contention? Are shoots of recovery sprouting beneath the surface?

With Mauricio Pochettino in advanced talks to take over, will he find a squad that is close to rediscovering its identity?

BBC Sport enlisted the help of regular fan writer Will Faulks from Chelsea News to pick through the squad issues - and you can grade each position from A-F too.

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Goalkeeper - 'A long-established weak point'
The £71m world record signing of Kepa Arrizabalaga in August 2018 was supposed to fill the hole left by Thibaut Courtois when he departed for Real Madrid. It didn't.

Africa Cup of Nations winner Edouard Mendy briefly held the gloves after signing from Rennes in September 2020, but became second in line under Graham Potter and has remained so under Lampard.

Faulks: This is a long-established weak point in the team as each successive incumbent has failed to impress over a long period. A lot of Chelsea's defensive issues can be traced back to the lack of a commanding, confident figure in goal and that desperately needs to be fixed this summer.

 

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