5 immediate problems Chelsea must resolve if they are to be successful

#5 Changes required behind the scenes

Chelsea technical director Michael Emenalo left the club last summer

One of the low-profile departures at Chelsea was their technical director Michael Emenalo who was responsible for building the club's robust scouting network and also looking after the academy.

He and Conte had worked together to build the squad for the title-winning season but the failure to lure both Ross Barkley and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain last summer had been one of the reasons why he was let go.

However, there was also trouble brewing between him and Roman Abramovich's right-hand woman Marina Granovskaia - Chelsea's club director. Once he got an offer from AS Monaco, he was off and the Blues' transfer strategy has been questioned ever since.

“I do not aim high with my requests, especially as in my history I’ve rarely been given the players I asked for. I always ended up at clubs who were running an austerity program." - Conte

With the club targeting mediocre strikers such as Andy Carroll, Peter Crouch, and Ashley Barnes and the club failing in their pursuit of Edin Dzeko so far, it is clear that the club can no longer attract big names like they used to.

Abramovich has also been reluctant to loosen his purse strings as the club look to move towards a self-sustainable model. So unless they get the right person to identify talent and also bring them to the club, Chelsea are in danger of losing out on world class players in the future.