Frank Lampard saw the club’s best player moved on in the summer, while also landing a transfer ban, so expectations are being reined in at the Bridge
Finishing sixth would be “a good season” for Chelsea, says Glen Johnson, with the Blues needing to regroup after losing Eden Hazard and being stung with a two-window transfer ban.
Those at Stamford Bridge headed into the summer of 2019 aware that they faced a number of challenges.
FIFA had already informed them an embargo on recruiting new players would be put in place, while Belgian forward Hazard was always expected to leave for Real Madrid.