Graham Potter has hit back at Gary Neville who questioned Chelsea's significant January spending with eight players completing transfers to west London. Enzo Fernandez joined Malo Gusto, who immediately headed back to Lyon on loan after signing, Noni Madueke, Mykhailo Mudryk, Joao Felix, Benoit Badiashile, Joao Felix, Andrey Santos and David Datro Fofana, when he signed for the Blues for the British record transfer fee on deadline day.
Prior to his arrival for £106.7million from Benfica, Chelsea had already spent over £200million in the winter window after new co-owner Todd Boehly oversaw the start of a significant rebuild in the summer. Further mass spending being done by Chelsea has subsequently raised questions from a number of Premier League managers with Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola raising their concerns.
Klopp started jokingly, cautiously asking: "What did the other managers say? I'll say nothing without my lawyer." He then went on: "I don't understand this part of the business, like what can you do what can you not do, it's a big number.