January is less than 2 months away, and surely would provide window of opportunity for club to find the upgrade to compliment the current set of attackers and for long term replacement for veteran willian ( 30 years old ) and pedro .( 31 years old ).
It seems Chelsea need to find the new heir of attacker for a right wing/wide attacker berth as trio of willian, pedro and moses are either not that efficient or productive at right side ( willian ) , catching up with age ( pedro already 31 years old ) , or either non potent or no real end products ( moses ).
For the meantime, Pedro seems the best available at the moment at right side of attack , whilst this season he struggles to stay fit and has injury concerns , another name Ruben Loftus Cheek can be deployed at Right attacker too but he seems best optimized or utilized as left sided of attacking midfielder ( in place of barkley or kovacic or kante ) when he can roam into goal scoring position as manifestated during Bate's game hattrick.
CHO (Hudson Odoi) meanwhile is yet to convinced Sarri that he is capable to play at right side of attack.
But still , a young , vibrant and long haul replacement is needed sooner as we can't rely forever on Pedro and Willian at right wing.
Here are few options that could be available if we indeed put a real effort in January :
1) Wilfried Zaha
Age : 25 years old
Contract expiry : 2023
Foot : Right
Stats 2018 : 3 goals + 2 assists ( 9 apps )
Stats 2017/18 : 9 goals + 5 assists
Stats 2016/17 : 7 goals + 11 assists
Possible fee : 50-60 mill pound
Rating : 83/100
Possibility to sign for us : 4/5
Still 25 years old age, Zaha is relatively young and entering his prime ages .Having been linked with us throughout the summer that turned out for nothing.
He is surely a real threat, good final ball and decision making, full of trickery and has won multiple penalties for Palace . His goal + assists rate is decent enough for playing for relegation battled club. Plus his homegrown status is a plus point for him.
Issues could be his injury record and it could take 50-60 mill to prise him away from 5 years contract at Palace.
Surely, an option for us.
2) Jadon Sancho
Age : 18 years old
Contract expiry : 2022
Foot : Right
Stats 2018 :5 goals + 8 assists (14 apps )
Possible fee : 60-70 mill pound
Rating : 83-88 / 100
Possibility to sign for us : 2.5/5
Sancho could be the next best thing ala Mbappe who famously burst out of scene at the edge of 18.
Good decision making, clever on the ball, good speed , and intelligent final ball ( not usually synonym with our attackers not named eden hazard ) ,Sancho would be the best Right winger or attacker aside Mbappe who similarly excelled at right wing.
Plus , he is former Man City product ( who nabbed from Watford in 2014 ) , this could be a revenge as they benefited from our poor handling of De Bruyne few years ago.
Still to get him could be tough as he just signed for Dortmund, but if we could make a deal with 2 years loan back or send Hudson Odoi to be nurtured there, then there is a chance to sort the deal.
It seems weird that we have similar or even better potential in form CHO, but Sancho has made a brave decision to go abroad and left City to truly blossom and within 1-2 years could be man most in demand by top clubs. Perhaps sending CHO on 2 year loan abroad like Monaco or Dortmund could unlock him to fulfill and develop further into maturing and elite player.
3) Ousmane Dembele
Age : 21 years old
Contract expiry : 2022
Foot : Both
Stats 2018 :5 goals + 2 assists (13 apps )
Stats 2017/18 :4 goals + 9 assists (24 apps )
Stats 2016/17 :10 goals + 21 assists (49 apps ) - dortmund
Possible fee : 90 mill pound
Rating : 83-85/100
Possibility to sign for us : 2.5/5
Seems out of favoured by Ernesto Velverde and is regard as a wrong type of player signing by majority of fans.
Dembele has scarcely earning the trust of his coach since signing last year.
Perhaps certain player will thrive in different environment, and whether he could be a success at chelsea will remain to be seen.
Could be in similar situation with Martial, if given real thrust by coach and runs of games, he could show more and develop more his reputation and overall games.
However since his fee from Dortmund to Barca was outrageous ( 115 mill euros ) , only a brave club would gamble closed to 100 mill to prise him away from Barca , unless Barca would cut losses on Dembele which is unlikely.
4) Suso
Age : 24 years old
Contract expiry : 2022
Foot :Left
Stats 2018 :4 goals + 7 assists (12 apps )
Stats 2017/18 :8 goals + 14 assists (50 apps )
Stats 2016/17 :7 goals + 11 assists (37 apps )
Possible fee : 40-45 mill pound
Rating : 82/100
Possibility to sign for us : 3.5/5
Personally has not followed him extensively, perhaps very little knowledge. But he is already at milan since 2015, with a consistence output for 3 consecutive season , he could be a decent option for us.
5) Rony Lopes
Age : 22 years old
Contract expiry : 2020
Foot :Left
Stats 2018 :1 goals +0 assists (5 apps )
Stats 2017/18 :17 goals + 12 assists (50 apps )
Possible fee :45-50 mill pound
Rating : 80-83/100
Possibility to sign for us : 3.5/5
Another former Man City ex players who themselves signed from Benfica in 2011/12, he has been hampered by hamstring injury this season that coincidently has resulted in Monaco poor start this season.
Last season he has enjoyed breakthrough season with Monaco , scoring 17 goals and 12 assists in the process, the inverted left footed attacker had been deadly last season , even outshining Falcao last season.
Strong, deadly shots with good off the ball movement , he could be the next world class player to emerge sooner than later.
Perhaps, offering to Monaco CHO for 2 years loan could sweeten any potential deal ( or cheekily to insert Bakayoko as part-exchange ) for Rony Lopes could be the biggest daylight robbery we could do to Emenalo and Henry :P
So, what do you say ??
Which is out of the 5 options here most likely to become the next best Right sided attacker for us ??
Or do you have other options ??
Cast the vote or share other options below ;)