From Conte to Courtois – The Big Four Problems Chelsea needs to sort out before the start of the season

The summer of 2018 seems to be the most important for Chelsea of ​​the Roman Abramovich era, the club being in a state of uncertainty.

Without a club in the Champions League next year, the club will have to be satisfied not to play at the highest level and must rebuild.

But it's not just on the ground that things need to be resolved and, in recent weeks, the club has really reached new heights.

Pre-season for those who are not at the World Cup is underway, but there are still a lot of worries right now.

So what is the hustle and bustle around Chelsea right now and what should they do to have a successful 2018/19 season?

Antonio Conte, his future and his replacement

It's the saga that seems to continue hanging around again and again and despite much discussion and speculation, Antonio Conte is still Chelsea manager and Blues take

The FA Cup final victory dates back more than a month and it was thought that Conte could be eliminated that week, with Maurizio Sarri being the only one. The man most likely to take the lead.

But we are here and the situation of manager is still completely in the air.

There's no reason for Conte to get away and lose the chance to win a £ 9m win from the club while there's still a season left on his contract with the Blues

Meanwhile, Sarri 's odd situation with Napoli is still there since Chelsea has not paid the buy – back clause of 8 million euros before it' s. offer is exhausted last month. by Carlo Ancelotti, which means that the negotiations would be much more difficult to resolve.

With the club in limbo, there does not seem to be a real sense of direction and with others already reinforcing, namely Fabinho in Liverpool, the Blues still do not know who will be their main man the next season. [19659014] (Image: IAN KINGTON / AFP / Getty Images)

The Future of Roman Abramovich

For all things that need to be solved, and you will see that there is has a lot right now, the worrisome state on Roman Abramovich's future is up there with the most important.

It was a really disturbing month for Blues fans who were watching the window from the outside because many would consider the actions of the club owner as a sign that First of all, there has been the 39; announces that the redevelopment of Stamford Bridge was going to be suspended due to lack of investment, a complicated and expensive project from the start. And more and more difficult as she progressed.

From having to build a railway line, to find a temporary home for the next four years, everything just seemed to close at once and now the future of redevelopment is massively in the balance

Then there is the iss Because of his British visa, which had been rejected, and while he could enter the country with an Israeli passport, the chances that Abramovich would do it with the dispute Russia / United Kingdom Uni at the moment are thin.

If the Russian oligarch was to spend so much time away from the club, then he could look and become a disturbing prospect that the money he has invested so freely during years would then be removed.

Right now this does not seem to be the case, but it adds to the club being completely torn in a key summer, perhaps the most important since it took over in 2003.

Technical Director Vacancy

This is another empty at the club for the moment that does not exist. Has not been solved since the departure of Michael Emenalo in November and with the confusion about what is happening with the role of head coach, the technical director positions him vitally important

There n has no direction at the moment on the style of player that Chelsea wants, the areas that they must reinforce and that should be in and out of the team.

For example, the idea of ​​a player's tale that he might need might be very different from that of Sarri, but at least with Emenalo he would have kept Chelsea on the way of looking for players.

Names like Juliano Bellettii, Luis Campos and Michael Ballack have been linked to the role to fill the gap at the club, but again, that's another situation that has not happened. not resolved.

The future of Courtois and Hazard

Two Belgian players are probably in the situation the most disturbing in terms of contractual negotiations, but the most worrying is that these two Belgian players are two of the best players in the club. [1 9659002] Eden Hazard is a player that Chelsea must keep in hand, and the fact that Zinedine Zidane does not either the head coach of Real Madrid is a huge bonus for the Blues because the winger has always wanted to play under the French.

But the fact remains that anyone who will enter as a new manager of Chelsea could have a say on whether or not Hazard stays in. The Blues will not play football in the Champions League next year, which means Hazard will not be at the top level of European football he stays at the club. [19659006] Read More

He has a contract until 2020 With the World Cup around the corner, it might be a bit difficult to link him to another market at the moment, but this must be a priority.

Meanwhile, Thibaut Courtois has more than a year The goalkeeper has been another player, like Hazard, who has been under constant surveillance of Real Madrid and they decide to come for This summer, he should probably make this transfer in the Spanish capital

The two players must be linked to new contracts, the club showing some investment in the transfer window as well as the meaning of the transfer. ambition

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