It was almost 12 months ago when Chelsea's major summer mission was securing a superstar. The pursuit of an individual that could elevate the overall level of the team and produce things others couldn't. That player turned out to be Romelu Lukaku.
The failure of that deal is still in motion, even if the loan back to Inter Milan for next season gets the maligned Belgian out of sight and out of mind, it will be a problem Chelsea's new owners will have to revisit in 2023.
This summer of 2022 was supposed to be a much-needed course correct, the summer when Todd Boehly and Thomas Tuchel made the Blues transfers sensible. Going for either Cristiano Ronaldo or Neymar would collapse that theory instantly.
