Mauricio Pochettino begins his new job and he may not have too much time to get to know some of his new players. The big Stamford Bridge clearout is well and truly under way and with Todd Boehly, Behdad Eghbali and a bulky recruitment team happy to rip it all up and start again it is impossible to predict what Chelsea team will walk out against Liverpool on the opening weekend of the new Premier League season.
Only a few certainties remain. Enzo Fernández joined for £106.8m in January and is going nowhere, Thiago Silva has signed on for another year and Reece James is untouchable at right-back. As for the incomings, there is excitement over the £58m signing of the France forward Christopher Nkunku, hope Malo Gusto will provide strong cover for James and, if all goes well during negotiations with Brighton, plans for Moisés Caicedo to partner Fernández in a young and energetic midfield.
