Chelsea are back, Chelsea are busy and Chelsea in the transfer market know very few boundaries. Their flash spending over the past 12 months has told a story of its own and even the now desperate sales of squad players, formerly key players and unsellable academy graduates cannot detract from the underlying feeling.
Mauricio Pochettino, Todd Boehly, Behdad Eghbali, Clearlake Capital as an entire entity, Paul Winstanley and his recruit minions, Joe Shields, Lawrence Stewart and Christopher Vivell are the brains trust in this never-ending exodus of players. The revolving door has started and anyone caught up is going.
The feeling of undeniable curiosity remains at Stamford Bridge as experienced first team players leave and baby-faced, long-term replacements flood in. Just who, though, will fill the gaps left by Kai Havertz, N'Golo Kante and the rest? As disappointing as most were last season (and for some, quite a bit before that, too) they operated in a large squad that had to tackle four competitions.
