Chelsea could be about to watch the third and final of their global superstar targets get away from them this summer. After Todd Boehly spent precious time last year chasing the dream of Cristiano Ronaldo to the annoyance of Thomas Tuchel, he may not get the chance to go that far here.
Under Mauricio Pochettino, the Blues have mountains of work to be getting on with including ridding themselves of what could be 15 first-team stars. The task is then to bed in returning loan stars and make shrewd new additions in key areas, namely goalkeeper, defensive midfield and striker.
The big names up in lights and ageing attackers lured in by the financial power of Saudi Arabia don't massively fit into this upwardly mobile, young squad being put together at Stamford Bridge. To return to such ways of chasing the names not the player profile would be a backwards step for Boehly just as some semblance of a plan started to take shape.
