"It is the start of a really exciting period" – the words of Graham Potter with a beaming smile on his face back in September. A few months later, a photo did the rounds on Twitter. It was tongue-in-cheek, but it was an image comparing how Potter looked when he arrived as Chelsea head coach to how he looked on the touchline during one of the Blues' defeats.
"I was really, really excited with the new ownership and impressed by them, their vision for the club and what they want to achieve," Potter continued following his appointment. Who could blame him for being excited? He had just inherited a Chelsea squad full of talent and potential and one that had a major cash injection just weeks before his appointment.
The club's new ownership group, led by American business tycoon Todd Boehly, had spent way over £200million in improving the squad in the summer transfer window that had closed just days prior to Potter's appointment. The mass amount of signings meant that it was indeed a transitional period for the club in terms of what was happening on the pitch, as well as the numerous changes behind the scenes to the board and staff.
