So, after a change of ownership, two managerial firings, three wild transfer windows and the arrival of 23 players — and counting — at a staggering cost of around $1 billion , is new-look Chelsea ready to compete for the English Premier League title
So, after a change of ownership, two managerial firings, three wild transfer windows and the arrival of 23 players — and counting — at a staggering cost of around $1 billion, is new-look Chelsea ready to compete for the English Premier League title again?However, there are signs that good things might be around the corner for a club which, for the past two years, has been consumed by chaos on and off the field and rarely out of the spotlight because of its outrageously expensive squad overhaul.
Through the revolving door has arrived Christopher Nkunku, Axel Disasi, Nicolas Jackson, Robert Sanchez, Lesley Ugochukwu, Angelo and most recently Caicedo, who has signed a deal worth $146 million — a record for a British team. Lavia is set to join imminently from Southampton for a fee approaching $70 million to take Chelsea's spending in this window to more than $400 million, after an outlay of $280 million last summer and $350 million in January.
Ultimately, all that most Chelsea fans really care about are results on the field. The season got off to an encouraging start. Chelsea not being in Europe gives Pochettino a week between each league game to get his methods ingrained in the team. The pressure is on Pochettino to deliver, and quickly. Given the remarkable outlay and with new players mostly on long contracts — seven or eight years — to spread “amortization” costs of transfer fees across the majority of the deals, Boehly and Clearlake are taking a risk with a strategy that could have long-term consequences. Any new signing who proves to be a dud could, in theory, hang around until the 2030s on a huge salary.
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