MANAGER
Antonio Conte
STAR MAN
Eden Hazard
LAST SEASON
1st
TOP SCORER
Diego Costa (20)
KEY INS
Alvaro Morata (Real Madrid, £70.6m), Tiemoue Bakayoko (Monaco, £40m), Antonio Rudiger (Roma, £31m), Willy Caballero (Manchester City, free)
Antonio Rudiger (L)
KEY OUTS
Nemanja Matic (Manchester United, £40m), Nathan Ake (Bournemouth £20m), Juan Cuadrado (Juventus, £17m), Asmir Begovic (Bournemouth, £10m), Bertrand Traore (Lyon £8.8m)
REASONS TO BE POSITIVE
Last season’s runaway champions have added real quality in Morata and Bakayoko, plus Conte was a repeat title winner at Juventus.
REASONS TO BE PESSIMISTIC
Question marks exist about whether their squad is deep enough to handle the return of Champions League football.
ONE TO WATCH
Morata will be determined to prove he can start every week for an elite club. With World Cup 2018 on the horizon, he’ll be desperate to impress.
Alvaro Morata
EXPECTATION
Chelsea will pick up where they left off last term, with the sidelining of the fractious Diego Costa strengthening the unit.
REALITY
More points will be dropped as the demands of European football takes hold. Hazard will again need to be at his inspirational best to fuel a competitive title defence.