Frank Lampard has admitted Chelsea will have to share out Eden Hazard's goals among the Stamford Bridge squad to thrive without the Belgium talisman.
Hazard struck a Blues career-high 21 goals last term, in his final season with the club before moving to Real Madrid in a deal that could fetch £150million.
Tammy Abraham, Olivier Giroud and Michy Batshuayi are Chelsea's central striking options for the campaign ahead, with the west Londoners currently under a FIFA transfer ban.
Forwards Christian Pulisic, Willian, Pedro and Callum Hudson-Odoi and midfielders Mason Mount, Ross Barkley and Ruben Loftus-Cheek will all be expected to chip in with goals too – and Lampard knows his players will have to spread that load.
While Lampard insisted he would not pine for the departed Hazard, he also maintained there would be no wistful wishes for a talisman striker in the ilk of former Blues team-mate Didier Drogba.
When asked if Chelsea had ever properly replaced Ivorian goal king Drogba, Lampard said: "I suppose Diego Costa would certainly have a question on that because he was a fantastic striker and I don't like the idea of harping back to players of eras gone because that's what it is.
"They are gone and the Didier Drogbas and Diego Costas don't always come along and they are not always easy to find.
"It is not nice to compare but what I will say is the players that are here now have to try and show what they have got. They have got the qualities there. I have belief in Tammy and Oli (Giroud) and Michy, our wide players, midfielders to score goals."
