Todd Boehly has had a difficult start to life as owner of Chelsea, arriving immediately into a transfer window with the club not allowed to make any preparations in the previous three months due to sanctions on the club and its former owner Roman Abramovich.
With Antonio Rudiger and Andreas Christensen leaving on free transfers in the summer, plus plenty of speculation about the likes of Cesar Azpilicueta and Marcos Alonso, a defensive rebuild was needed - with Emerson Palmieri also leaving late in the window. In attack, meanwhile, club record signing Romelu Lukaku secured a loan move back to Inter after just one year in West London, failing to deliver on his £97.5million move from Serie A. He was joined in his exit by Timo Werner, who headed back to RB Leipzig in a deal worth around £25million.
In midfield there has been plenty to ponder as well, with Jorginho and N'Golo Kante both heading into the last years of their deals and questions over whether Conor Gallagher would indeed be bedded into the team or make another move away following a successful loan spell at Crystal Palace.
