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Chelsea have three strikers to choose from – Didier Drogba, Romelu Lukaku and Fernando Torres. But who should play and who will sit on the bench?
Chelsea coach Andre Villas Boas is spoilt for choice as he weighs up his striking choices ahead of the new season with up to three class strikers vying for a place in the Blues attack. The list does not even include the ever-improving Daniel Sturridge and super-sub Salomon Kalou.
On Saturday striker Didier Drogba insisted that he will fight for his place in the Blues frontline and will not buck under the pressure from a (maybe) reinvigorated Torres and new signing Romelu Lukaku whose arrival has many commentators speculating about the big Ivorian’s future at Stamford Bridge.
“I’m 33, I’m the oldest player and it feels strange, but I’m not worried,” he told the Daily Mirror
“If I deserve to play, I will play. If I’m not good, I won’t. There’s always competition in the team and you can’t be the only striker. Even two years ago, there was still competition because I still had to perform.
“Daniel [Sturridge] could have played before and Salomon [Kalou]. When I’m on the pitch, competition or not, I need to perform.”
Drogba’s comments come in the wake of Romelu Lukaku’s immanent arrival from Anderlecht for £18million. The 18-year-old is widely regarded as ‘the new Drogba’ and upon close inspection it is easy to see why!
Of course there is also a certain Fernando Torres. The wayward Spaniard comically struggled to find his feet last season and with only one strike to his name, it is questionable how long new coach Andre Villas Boas will give ‘El Nino’ before deciding to rope him in.
As the video below proves, Torres has a lot of convincing to do.
Still, everybody knows that at his best, Torres is a tremendous striker and if, and In The Stands knows that is a big if, the Chelsea number 9 finds his feet, what would it mean for Didier Drogba or Romelu Lukaku?
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