Chelsea managed just seven points in their first five Premier League games, which was a tremendous transitional period for the Blues.

The transfer window of £200m net outlay underscores the club's ongoing transformation in West London as Antonio Rudiger, Andreas Christensen, Romelu Lukaku and Timo Werner leave.

Thiago his Silva, one of Frank Lampard's recruits, explains why his team got off to such a rocky start.

Last season we had a team that played together for two years and you could see an automatic connection between the players," he told Chelsea FC.

I need some time with these players who have arrived. No habits yet, but it's much easier to make connections when you play with quality players.

The players that come here are very interesting, and all you need to do to win is find those automatic connections.

Silva hugs Ben Chilwell.

He continued: He lost two players to Rudiger and Christensen. There are a lot of new players, so we have to find automation and we have to work together.

They have quality players, so you have to find them quickly.

We are improving quality on the field, so we have to work together off the field.

That's the problem with automatism. We have to work defensively to avoid concessions.

Silva's new partnership with Kalidou Koulibaly is expected to bring growing pains, but fans want the team to improve form if they want to play in Europe's most demanding league. I'm in

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