There were about 20 minutes on the clock during another tetchy match at Stamford Bridge when the signing of Mykhaylo Mudryk was confirmed with a statement and fashion shoot on Chelsea ’s website.
It was unusual timing from a club that is being run in an increasingly unusual manner.
Chelsea’s new £87m winger had already been pictured sitting in an executive box in the West Stand, surveying his new surroundings before settling down to watch a team that could badly do with rediscovering some cutting edge.
