Leaving things late in the transfer market isn't often a good idea. Panic buys are made, frantic decisions crop up, damaging purchases can hurt a club for years to come. It is said that deadline day moves are normally destined to fail. Chelsea might have to buck this trend.
At the rate that Todd Boehly is going, Chelsea could have quite a lot left to sort out come September 1. Their current negotiations hinge on lots of moving parts, they're complicated and convoluted, there's lots of money being talked about, and that's in the context of a club having already spent £160million.
If Boehly is to give Thomas Tuchel everything he desires by the end of the window then Chelsea will likely have to at least double that number. If - and it's a massive if - they were to secure Frenkie de Jong and Wesley Fofana for the current prices talked of, £70million for De Jong and at least £80million for Fofana, that is £150million extra, and with a new forward or two still desired, Chelsea could very easily overtake anything that Roman Abramovich spent.
