Chelsea: Grading The Squad For 2017/18

Grade C

Alvaro Morata

Misfiring!

Bought for a club record fee, Alvaro Morata has failed to fill the void left by Diego Costa- perhaps even half of it. The Spaniard got off to a good start at the club but his form drastically went below par as the season progressed.

Despite scoring a decent 15 goals in all competitions including a brilliant hat-trick against Stoke City, he has failed to find his scoring boots at times when Chelsea needed him most.

He has cut a frustrating figure since the turn of the year and Olivier Giroud's arrival saw the Frenchman leapfrog Morata and claim a starting position. As a result, he has been omitted from Spain's squad for the World Cup and rightly so.

Willy Caballero

Set to start for Argentina

An average season for Willy Caballero who has often been brilliant and also has been equally sluggish at times. Thibaut Courtois missed a couple of week's action due to injury and the Argentinean had to be entrusted with goalkeeping duties.

He was pivotal in Chelsea's FA Cup triumph as they had to beat Norwich City on penalties in the 3rd round and also saved a spot-kick against Hull City in the 5th round.

But in their crucial league game against Tottenham, Caballero was uninspiring and a costly error against Huddersfield towards the end of the season proved to be catastrophic.

Emerson Palmieri

Starting role next season?

Despite Chelsea spending around £18 million for his services in January, it had to take a Marcos Alonso suspension for us to see what he has to offer.

He played a couple of cup games and in the three matches he started at left wing-back, the Brazilian has impressed. He looks promising and is crying out for more chances at the moment and we can hope he provides stiff competition to Alonso next season.