Carragher claims Chelsea already need to replace new signing as pundit calls for four new additions
Jamie Carragher believes that Chelsea will need to sign at least four more players before they are capable of challenging Manchester City for the title.
Mauricio Pochettino’s side haven’t had the best of starts to the new campaign as they are yet to pick up their first win of the season.
While Chelsea did show some glimpses of quality against Liverpool and West Ham, Pochettino is still in search of his first victory.
Carragher isn’t yet convinced that Chelsea will finish in the top four this season, despite showing some signs of improvement so far.
“But I do feel when you spend that amount of money, it does feel strange when – we’re all asked before the start of the season [for predictions] – not many people are putting Chelsea in the top four,” Carragher told Sky Sports.
“Now we’re not all great tipsters, so it doesn’t mean they won’t finish there, but not many people are thinking that squad, with that much money spent on it, will finish in the top four.
“And that doesn’t seem right to me, because that is an unbelievable amount of money.”
Chelsea have already signed eight players this summer and have spent over £300m on incoming players.
However, Carragher still thinks that they are in need of four new faces and he believes they should be signing a new goalkeeper to replace Robert Sanchez who arrived this summer.
“And I do feel, even though I’ve been really impressed with them in the first two games, if you asked me how many players they need to challenge Manchester City – I’m not talking about winning the league – I still think they need a new goalkeeper even though they’ve just signed Sanchez.
“I think they probably still need another top centre-half because Thiago Silva is 38,” Carragher added.
“I don’t think there’s a real out-and-out goalscorer. Your goalscorer doesn’t have to be your centre-forward, Liverpool’s is Mohamed Salah who plays on the right wing so it’s not a dig at Nicolas Jackson.
“He’s only just come into the club and I’ve been impressed with him.
“But you think of those really important decisions, it still feels like four players, four top players, would need to go into that team just to challenge Manchester City and that doesn’t feel right when you consider the amount of money that they’ve spent.”
