Former Chelsea goal poacher Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink has revealed that Maurizio Sarri will needs to sign another striker to challenge Manchester City for the Premier League title.

The Blues will hope to continue their unbeaten run this season when the battle Tottenham Hotspurs at Wembley after international in the week 13 of the Premier League.

Chelsea’s run under new manager Sarri has led some to predict a Premier League title challenge from the London club this season. But Hasselbaink says his former club need to buy another striker to close the gap on defending champions Manchester City.

The former Netherland international told Sky Sports.
"I think every club that is going to challenge for the Premier League needs three strikers.

"For me they [Chelsea] still have a gap to close on Man City, but they are improving and if they can keep on improving they can hopefully catch them. ‘[Sarri] has changed the way they play totally. They now play more in the defensive third of the opposition. "They have the ball 60 or 70 percent of the time – that was totally different last year. "You see smiles on the players’ faces again and they’re playing attractive, attacking football.’

Spanish striker Alvaro Morata has endured a difficult spell at Chelsea since joining the club from Real Madrid in the summer of 2017 and Hasselbaink added. "Morata will score goals.

"He is a confidence person. He is so good at getting behind the defence and he needs to keep on doing that.

"Everybody says 'he needs to do this and needs to do that' but he shouldn't concentrate on becoming something he is not. He should embrace what he has got. "He's not somebody who likes the contact of the centre-halves, but he shouldn't have to play like that. If he keeps on playing to his strengths I believe he will score a lot of goals."

Hasselbaink also had praise for Morata's club team-mate Olivier Giroud.

He said: "Giroud is different. He's never been an out and out goal-scorer but he makes other people around him play better which is something magnificent to have.

"Chelsea will need him during the season because there will be matches where they will need to play with Giroud up front."


The perennial champions have taken 28 points from their first 12 league fixtures to sit third in the top-flight four points adrift leaders Manchester City.

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