CHELSEA supporters have been quick to highlight a HUGE blunder in the club’s transfer recruitment despite owner Todd Boehly splashing out £600m on new players.
The Blues spent a stunning £326m in the January transfer window – which is more than a third of the total £815m paid across the whole of the Premier League.
Enzo Fernandez broke the British transfer record by joining Chelsea for £107m on deadline day.
The World Cup-winning Argentina midfielder became the EIGHTH arrival in January alone, following the likes of Mykhailo Mudryk, Benoit Badiashile and Joao Felix to Stamford Bridge.
However, despite all of the new additions, fans have been quick to point out one glaring omission to Graham Potter’s squad.
One wrote: “Gotta admire Chelsea’s transfer policy. Struggling for goals so spunk hundreds of millions on every position but a striker.”
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Another tweeted: “Just buying anyone and still haven’t addressed the fact they have no striker. I’d argue Chelsea’s window was one of the worst ever.”
A fellow social media user said: “Chelsea still haven’t strengthened in the area they needed to in the shape of a striker. It’s all good throwing money down but there’s no thought process to it.”
Another commented: “Chelsea did everything but buy a striker. I thought that's what they needed.”
Chelsea allowed Romelu Lukaku, who cost £100m from Inter Milan back in 2021, to rejoin the Italian club on a season-long loan last summer.
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They brought in Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to replace him, but the Gabonese ace is barely getting a kick under Potter and has only scored three times in 17 outings.
Fellow summer signing Raheem Sterling is joint-top scorer with six along with Kai Havertz, but most of the Stamford Bridge faithful are still bemused that no traditional No.9 was brought in with the Blues languishing tenth in the top-flight and facing a tough Champions League last-16 clash with Borussia Dortmund.
Another tweeted: “Easy to forget that Todd Boehly has splurged all of this money, yet Chelsea's £100mill striker is still out on loan to the same club they paid that figure… Remarkable.”
While another added: “Chelsea have spent close to a billion and still have Havertz as main striker?”
Chelsea are next in action when they face Fulham at home on Friday.
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