Gary Neville names the one signing Chelsea need to become title challengers

Gary Neville has named the 1 signing Chelsea request to go genuine Premier League rubric challengers aft Sunday’s 2-1 decision to Liverpool.

Nicolas Jackson got connected the scoresheet for the Blues astatine Anfield – but it was not capable arsenic Mohamed Salah and Curtis Jones secured victory for the Reds.

Despite the result, Chelsea person enjoyed a affirmative commencement to the play nether caput manager Enzo Maresca aft a agelong play of instability.

Neville, though, is convinced that the westbound Londoners request to enlistee a marque caller striker if they are to commencement warring for the Premier League trophy again.

‘I deliberation we cognize their deficiencies,’ Neville said connected his Sky Sports podcast. ‘I don’t privation to telephone retired Nicolas Jackson, due to the fact that I deliberation helium tin beryllium portion of a precise palmy squad that tin bash good for Chelsea.

‘I conscionable deliberation if helium had a world-class striker successful beforehand of him – and helium was the 2nd striker – that would astir apt beryllium much aligned with a squad who tin spell connected and perchance triumph a rubric successful a fewer years clip and drawback Liverpool up.’

Fellow shot pundit Daniel Sturridge, meanwhile, believes the media person been ‘too critical’ of Jackson, who has conjured up 5 goals and 3 assists crossed 8 Premier League games truthful acold this term.

‘Nicolas Jackson is pivotal to the system,’ Sturridge told Sky Sports. ‘He’s bully astatine going into the mendacious 9 position. It was a fantastic finish, calm successful beforehand of goal.

‘I americium analysing him connected unfastened play. I’m not analysing him connected statistics, I don’t deliberation he’s devastating successful beforehand of goal, but I deliberation helium has what it takes to get there.

‘When you’re playing successful the spotlight astatine immoderate apical nine you are judged due to the fact that of likes of Drogba, Anelka and Crespo – you’re judging him compared to those world-class strikers. I deliberation we person been a spot excessively critical.’

Former Chelsea winger Florent Malouda believes his aged nine could situation for the Premier League title if they signed semipermanent people Victor Osimhen.

‘Chelsea should beryllium competing for the world’s champion players,’ helium said. ‘Osimhen is successful that category.

‘You privation to spot the nine adhd much prime to its squad due to the fact that that is what each ambitious nine does, and his summation would bring Chelsea a measurement person to the likes of Manchester City and Arsenal.’

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