Three ways Chelsea can account for Eden Hazard’s ankle injury ahead of the new season

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Romelu Lukaku

Not a straight forward option, but by signing Hazard’s international team-mate Romelu Lukaku, Antonio Conte could slightly alter the current Chelsea set-up to revert to the kind of formation that he used so often at Juventus.

By playing two up top, with Lukaku potentially partnering Diego Costa in a front two, the Italian could replicate the system that brought him so much success in Turin, with a five man midfield which may see Pedro drop to rotate with Victor Moses as a wing-back, as he has at times throughout the past season.

Lukaku has been strongly linked with the Blues, with the Mirror among those to state that he could make a big money return to Stamford Bridge, but he would present a change in system which may make it difficult for Hazard to return to the first team upon his return to fitness.