Obviously, Chelsea can't finish in the top 4 in the upcoming season. It's too good to be true. I think Chelsea will fight against relegation, not for a top 4 spot. The pre-game result is enough to judge Chelsea's EPL performance soon.
Chelsea was losing Silva, then this time Gallagher. Almost no experienced players in the club so far. It's also very obvious Chelsea is not even ready to face the pressure in the EPL soon.
Too many kids are in the squad. Finishing in the top 10 will be considered a huge achievement for Chelsea in the upcoming season.
To be honest, I don't expect anything better from the Chelsea team next season. My guess is Chelsea will be in the top 10 of the points table. However, the team will not be able to qualify for the Champions League or the Europa League.
Chelsea have won only the match against Club America out of three friendly matches. Chelsea won this match 3-0. But Chelsea could not win the match against Wrexham. Chelsea even lost 4-1 against Celtic. From this it can be assumed that the Chelsea team is not in a good rhythm this season. It is much more difficult to consistently perform well against the strong teams in the Premier League. I don't think Chelsea players will be able to consistently perform well in Premier League matches.
If the Chelsea management had not changed their coach this season, maybe we would have seen a better performance from Chelsea. Because we saw consistently good performances from Chelsea players in the last few matches of the previous season.