4) Crippled Courtois
Chelsea learned on Friday that first-choice goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois is expected to miss up to four months because of knee surgery, a body blow to a defence which is going through some problems.
Asmir Begovic is a very good deputy – he has been one of the Premier League’s best stoppers with Stoke City – but is he ready for the pressure of being number one for a title-challenging side?
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