Paul Merson has advised Chelsea to reinforce two positions in the team for next season to be able to compete with Man City and Arsenal.
The Blues will no longer have Thiago Silva in their backline and a lack of an out-and-out number nine is also evident.
"Chelsea haven’t been consistent enough," Merson told Sky Sports. "They’ve been good in the cups – that’s what sometimes happens when you’re a young team.
"They’re doing well at the moment, fair play, and they’re right in the race for Europe. For me, they’ve got to get in – they’ve got into a final, a semi-final, they were bang unlucky in both, and it could turn out to still be not a bad season.
‘But they’ll have to go and buy players, and not sit and think that they got it right all along. No, they haven’t. They’re miles off Man City and Arsenal. You’ve got to look at the all-round picture.
"They’ve got to bring in experience in the summer. It looks like Thiago Silva’s going, he’s their main experienced player. So they’ve got to add to that, you need that if you want consistency when things aren’t going too well, and they can just calm it down a bit.
"They probably need an experienced centre-half to take Silva’s place, and they could do with another centre-forward too.
"They want to be getting into the Champions League next year, surely. So they’ve got to start bridging the gap to Arsenal and Man City."
