Five things on Maurizio Sarri’s mind as Chelsea approach the big kick-off

The Thibaut Courtois situation needs resolving, how will the players adapt to a four-man defence, and can anyone fill the long-gone Diego Costa’s shooting boots?1. In different circumstances it would make sense for Thibaut Courtois to complete a £35m move to Real Madrid now given that the Chelsea goalkeeper is in the final year of his contract. Courtois has made no secret of his desire to be closer to his daughter, who lives in Spain, while Maurizio Sarri said that he only wants players “with very high levels of motivation” after his new side’s 2-0 defeat to Manchester City in the Community Shield on Sunday. Yet the risk for Chelsea is that i...