Chelsea the team everyone has to beat

ANDY GRAY’S recipe for success this season is a simple one: finish ahead of Chelsea and you win the league.

Carlo Ancelotti has been relatively quiet in the transfer market this summer. So far, only, Yossi Benayoun has arrived at Stamford Bridge – although Benfica’s Ramires looks set to follow – while Michael Ballack, Joe Cole and Juliano Belletti have all departed southwest London.

Deco, too, looks likely to cut his ties with the Premier League holders but Sky analyst and former Scottish international Gray believes that the four-time English champions remain in pole position for the latest race.