Why Chelsea’s transfer ban might actually be the best thing that could happen to them

Tammy Abraham Chelsea

One title race hadn’t even come to its conclusion before the managers of elite clubs were ruling themselves out of the next one. And not merely Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, saying it would be “miraculous” if Manchester United were in contention.

Maurizio Sarri said Chelsea’s two-window transfer ban, which was upheld last week, would probably end their chances.

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Richard Jolly

Richard Jolly also writes for the National, the Guardian, the Observer, the Straits Times, the Independent, Sporting Life, Football 365 and the Blizzard. He has written for the FourFourTwo website since 2018 and for the magazine in the 1990s and the 2020s, but not in between. He has covered 1500+ games and remembers a disturbing number of the 0-0 draws.