5 European superclubs who will be relevant in the news in 2017/18

#5 Chelsea

Juventus v AS Monaco - UEFA Champions League Semi Final: Second Leg : News Photo — *Chelsea’s willingness to spend money on the likes of Tiemoue Bakayoko will always keep them in the news*

The Premier League’s reigning champions have already had a newsworthy summer; Antonio Conte is currently working on the signings of Monaco’s French midfielder Tiemoue Bakayoko and Juventus’s Brazilian left-back Alex Sandro, and rumours still persist over the possible signing of former striker Romelu Lukaku of Everton – a move that would probably command a world-record transfer fee.

Do Chelsea really need all those players after comfortably winning the league in 2016/17? Perhaps not, but all of the spending is partially why the London club are always in the news.

With players coming in, it’s likely that some will leave, and although the trail appears to have gone cold for the time being, Chelsea also made the news a few weeks ago for appearing to push striker Diego Costa towards the exit at Stamford Bridge. Where he’ll end up is anyone’s guess but the likelihood is that he won’t be at Chelsea come the start of the season. Defender Kurt Zouma could also be facing the end of his Chelsea career.

Another likely newsworthy part of Chelsea’s season? Their army of players out on loan. After a semi-successful Under-21 European Championship campaign with England, the likes of Lewis Baker, Nathaniel Chalobah and Tammy Abraham – as well as the injured Izzy Brown and Ruben Loftus-Cheek – will likely be farmed out again and all eyes in England at least will be on them as they look to force their way into Gareth Southgate’s World Cup plans, even if they can’t break into Conte’s ones at Chelsea.

With controversy surrounding their use of the loan system and their academy players, as well as the potential to spend a ton of money in their attempt to defend their Premier League crown, you can bet your life that everyone will be talking about Chelsea throughout 2017/18.

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