Asmir Begovic fears have downgraded in a key area of their squad despite spending nearly £500million on new players during the transfer window.
Despite the almost unprecedented investment, the Blues, under the stewardship of new manager , have collected just four points from their opening four fixtures of the new season.
Indeed, Chelsea’s only victory so far came against newly promoted Luton Town at Stamford Bridge and headed into the international break following a chastening defeat at home against .
While vast sums of money were spent on strengthening Chelsea’s forward line and midfield, the goalkeeping department appears to have been neglected, according to Begovic.
Champions League winning goalkeeper Edouard Mendy and the club’s one-time record signing Kepa Arrizabalaga both left in the summer and while both struggled to match the standards of their world-class predecessors, Begovic agues both were better than players signed to replace them.
‘I’m not against anyone but I look at the goalkeeper position, [Edouard] Mendy and Kepa [Arrizabalaga] leave the football club, say what you want about them but they’ve been replaced by Djordje Petrovic and Robert Sanchez, Begovic, who spent two years at Chelsea, told .
‘I don’t want to reminisce, but do you remember the days when it was Petr Cech and then Thibaut Courtois?
‘And then it was £70m on Kepa, rightly or wrongly. But it’s not projects. If you’re buying the best players you have to buy.
‘Like Bayern Munich needed a number nine, they went out and got Harry Kane, £100m, thank you very much.
‘The whole thing, I can’t for the life of me make any sense of it.’
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