It is very disappointing to see the chelsea declining, after winning the Champions league and the EPL trophy the next year, much has been expected from Chelsea, I expected they would maintain their dominance in Europe and in the league. It seems like the change of ownership and the owner handling transfers himself has had a negative impact on the club's performance and dealings in the transfer market, though they have managed to sign Sterling and Koulibaly but it is not enough to make the squad any better than it is already, a lot still have to be done before the end of the window.
Chelsea Team problems begin before the ownership change. They were not good enough to compete for the Premier League title last season, in my opinion. Despite the fact that they have a very strong team, they are not up to the standards of Manchester City and Liverpool. We hope they return fully prepared this season, but the way things are going, it appears that they are not prepared to defend their Premier League title this season. According to their current squad, they will be lucky to make the top four in the Premier League this season, as almost all of the big teams have re-enforced their squads.
No man, the problem has come when so many sanction happened caused by chelsea owned by abramovich. Last year chelsea was still showing a very good performance but due to the so many sanctions and that was making so many players were loosing their spirit. Chelsea has entered into the some final battle in some competitions. that was showing how credible the team was during that time.