Three reasons Chelsea should not let Juan Cuadrado leave

Perfect fit

When you’ve got a drifting left-winger, a powerful centre-forward and a packed central midfield, you desperately need someone to provide width.

Ivanovic and Azpilicueta may overlap, but neither are naturally attacking players. Cuadrado would stretch the opposition and regularly reach the byline, an approach that the Blues haven’t seen from one of their wingers since Florent Malouda at his best.

Ideally, Cuadrado would become a stalwart of the Chelsea side. Conte would need to find goals from Hazard, Costa and Oscar, but the Colombian could be a perfect fit for a team that have seen their attack blunted by sides who defend well centrally.