Chelsea, with their squad of 43 players, nine-year contracts and endless lavish spending, are the Premier League’s certified basket-case club in 2024. But they are far from the first to descend into chaos in what has become a division of high stakes and high expectations.
Todd Boehly and his ownership group will likely argue that there is a strategy behind the apparent madness, that the plethora of new signings will eventually come together to form a cohesive team.
