5) Attacking weakness
We argued earlier this year that Eden Hazard could never become truly world class at Chelsea, and there’s a case to be made that Mourinho is behind the Belgian’s struggles this term. So exciting to watch last season, Hazard had a lot of weight on his shoulders as an otherwise static Chelsea side chased the title, with players like Willian and Oscar simply not in the same league. We’ve seen this before from Mourinho sides – despite big-money signings like Cristiano Ronaldo, Mesut Ozil and Angel Di Maria at Real Madrid, they rarely had more than 20% possession in their games against Barcelona and their lack of attacking flair meant they didn’t go further in the Champions League. Chelsea have the same problem now as attacking football is generally on the rise around Europe.