Chelsea had a tough season defending the title this season, having finished 10th in the Premier League table, incoming manager Antonio Conte has a tough task this summer, building the team capable of challenging the title next season.
Chelsea youngsters played key role in England’s U-21 tournament, the Three Lions having held the trophy for the first time in 22 years. Lewis Baker and Ruben Loftus-Cheek will surely be hoping to have some roles to play in Antonio Conte’s squad next season. Midfielder Lewis Baker, who has been out on loan at Vitesse this season, was named the top scorer with four goals after also opening the scoring in the final. Ruben Loftus-Cheek also scored in the 2-1 victory over France and was named as the player of the tournament.
Champions! Been a pleasure to play with such a talented group🏆 @England 21s pic.twitter.com/w31kLdajxz
— Kasey (@Kasey_Palmer10) May 29, 2016
The Blues are close to sign Emanuel Mammana for a fee of £8m next season as they look to bring in reinforcements in their defense as Kurt Zouma is still out of action due to knee injury.
Marco Van Gikel may be heading out of the Stamford Bridge come summer. Having spent two tough loan spells at Stoke and Milan, the player has finally found his footing at PSV Eindhoven, where he helped the side to win the Erendivisie this season, having scored eight goals in 13 games after joining in January and PSV reportedly want to sign him permanently and will talk to Chelsea over the coming weeks