Chelsea Striker Injury Crisis: Blues’ Five Best Options, Including Under 19s And John Terry Up Front

3) Eden Hazard as a false nine.

A slightly more sensible option. Eden Hazard is not a striker by any means, but he has the skillset to play in the false nine role, essentially the furthest forward attacking midfielder in a strikerless formation. Given the havoc wrought in the Manchester United defence by players like Leonardo Ulloa and Stephane Sessegnon in recent weeks, one dreads to think what the movement and trickery of Hazard could do to the Red Devil’s back line.