The last 24 hours of the summer transfer window was as hectic as it has been for Chelsea in the last few years.
Deadline day in recent years hasn't been too dramatic for the Blues with the west Londoners getting their business done early during the Roman Abramovich era. However, that couldn't happen this summer with the changing of the guard from Russian to American ownership meaning that all of Chelsea's Premier League rivals had a head start in the window. Something manager Thomas Tuchel emphasised at many points during the last few months, especially after the Arsenal thumping in pre-season.
Therefore, whatever Chelsea did in the transfer window would for this one occasion be later than expected. Nevertheless, interim sporting director Todd Boehly recruited £250million worth of talent to set the club up well for the short and long term. Raheem Sterling, Kalidou Koulibaly, Marc Cucurella, Wesley Fofana, Cesare Casadei, Carney Chukwuemeka, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Denis Zakaria have all been brought in to inject some new life into a Blues side that were starting to go stale towards the end of 2021/22.
