Chelsea told to sign Man City defender and sell problem player, Alonso immediately

Arsenal hero, Paul Merson, has urged Chelsea to sign Manchester City defender, John Stones, and sell the “problem” player, Marcos Alonso,  in this summer’s transfer window.

Chelsea have impressed under manager, Frank Lampard’s first season at Stamford Bridge as they finished fourth on the Premier League table and reached the FA Cup final, where they will tackle Arsenal on August 1.

Chelsea have already signed Lampard Timo Werner and Hakim Ziyech from RB Leipzig and Ajax respectively.

But Merson believes Chelsea’s defence still needs one additional player, Jones, who is being linked with a move away from Man City this summer.

“I’d go and get John Stones for that, and play him in the middle of the three. Then I’d say have Antonio Rudiger and Christensen either side of them,” Merson told Sky Sports.

“Chelsea love to play out the back, they roll it out every time, so you need someone unbelievably good on the ball.

“If you have pace around them, I think it will help Chelsea; I think Stones would be a great buy, and he has to play in a three.

“At the moment Chelsea have three centre-halves that aren’t in the same class as Stones on the ball.”

Merson added: “Their priority has to be getting a centre-half and a left-back.