The Chelsea supporters here in the Transfer Tavern are buzzing with their team’s performances so far this season, with the club well clear at the top of the Premier League.

The Blues have romped to the summit of the division and their troubles of last season now look a distant memory, with Antonio Conte adapting quickly to life in English football.

European football should be back on the agenda next season and talk among the Blues’ supporters in the Tavern has turned to which members of the squad will be good enough for the Champions League.

Lee Clarke looks at two members of the squad who are seriously overrated and could be cast adrift in the future.

He might not have had a bad season during the current campaign but there is no way on this earth that the Brazilian defender is worth the money Chelsea parted for him.

Luiz is a liability defensively and looks well out of sorts during last weekend’s 1-1 draw with Burnley at Turf Moor.

One Chelsea supporting punter is in the smoking area here at the Tavern and he thinks Luiz is overrated, stating that the Blues should have signed a proven English central defender rather than waste money on a backwards step.

Ruben Loftus-Cheek

People continue to rave about this Chelsea youngster but is he really all that?

The youngster is yet to hold down a regular place in the side which is enough to suggest that his long-term future could lie away from Chelsea.

One Chelsea supporter is necking a large whiskey and coke here in the Tavern and he thinks that Loftus-Cheek can certainly play, although he does doubt whether he will ever realise his potential at Stamford Bridge.