Troy Deeney names the players who will cost Chelsea the Premier League title

Chelsea are successful the Premier League rubric contention but they won’t triumph unless they regenerate respective players successful cardinal positions.

That is the sentiment of erstwhile Watford skipper Troy Deeney who thinks that the Blues’ backline is not bully capable to triumph the nine large honours.

Chelsea secured a 2-1 triumph astatine Leicester connected Saturday to enactment 3rd successful the table, level connected points with Arsenal and Brighton, and conscionable 1 down Manchester City.

They’re six points down Liverpool who could widen their pb by beating Southampton connected Sunday.

Since Todd Boehly’s takeover, the westbound London nine person been acold disconnected the pace, finishing 12th and sixth successful the past 2 seasons but nether Enzo Maresca they look to person recovered their rhythm.

Finishing successful the apical 4 would person been the purpose for this campaign, but pursuing an awesome commencement immoderate judge they are rubric contenders.

Deeney thinks that is the lawsuit but says they can’t beryllium superior challengers until they’ve solved their antiaircraft and goalkeeping issues.

‘Right present they should beryllium looking astatine [the rubric race],’ the erstwhile striker told talkSPORT.

‘But I inactive deliberation that goalkeeper [Robert Sanchez] and the defenders support letting successful mediocre goals.

‘That should person been an casual 2-0 win, if not a 3-0 win. Just unfastened astatine the backmost contiguous and I deliberation that’s wherefore they person to spell for apical 4 close now.

‘Unless successful January they spell retired and get a mates of signings, that backline is going to outgo them.’

Chelsea person kept conscionable 2 cleanable sheets successful their archetypal 12 league games, with Sanchez successful peculiar coming nether a batch of disapproval aft respective error-prone performances.

The nine did motion Filip Jorgensen implicit the summertime for £20.5million but the Danish keeper has been restricted to cupful and European appearances only, with Maresca acceptable to support religion successful Sanchez for now.

Against Leicester, Chelsea’s defence did look nervy astatine times, including conceding an injury-time penalty, though they did not person their first-choice back-four.

Right-backs Reece James and Malo Gusto were injured, portion centre-back Levi Colwill was playing done unwellness and worryingly seemed to illness connected the transportation aft full-time.

But Maresca whitethorn beryllium forced to enactment with what he’s got astatine the infinitesimal alternatively than motion caller players arsenic his existent defender and goalkeeper roster has outgo the nine implicit £300m to assemble.

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