have acquired so far t
his
season. The over 700 million dollar spend includes two of
the top six most expensive signings in premier league
history. It's remarkable. That's Enzo. Fernandez and
mihailo mood Rick both signing. Also as
you heard, David mentioned
and unprecedented, eight and a half year contract, but there
is some thought behind that, Chelsea Splash more on
transfers in the recent winter window that wrapped up this
week then all of the clamps in Europe's other top,
four, leagues combined and as
You can tell there are so many new signings 15 permanent ones
this season we couldn't even fit them all on one graphic. So
lots of young players is the headline on long-term deals,
a plan their forward emphasis on the future
but a lot of them still unproven and now
a 33 man squad as we welcome in Danny Higginbotham and Robbie
Musto guys are have to ask you. The big question is, does this
all doesn't it Robbie make sense? Four hundred million
dollars in just the winter transfer window. How much
of a gamble?
It is a gamble, really? Trusting what David saying
there that's great insight and some of the details are
contracts and Claws and stuff that it's kind of hard
to get to know. So that's really interesting.
It's pretty obvious to me that this is a calculated. Gamble /
investment top boldly in Clearlake Venture capitalists
their moneymakers and I feel like they're trying to build
create the best team on the planet
best football team
and
maybe with the thought of in, I don't know, maybe a decade's
Time lesson that they sell it for a huge profit. That would
be the
The ultimate successful plan from them
I think where it's starts to get more of a gamble for me, is
this philosophy and how they're going to do that by the young
players like crazy amounts of money on these young players on
Long contracts,
that that many aren't really proven at the highest European
level. Now, of course ended Fernandez, you just won
the World Cup. So it's tough to say he's not proven player,
but there's always
settling into the Premier League, can be very, very
difficult and that's where the risk comes that. He's assuming
that this young team, the majority not, maybe not all
will be big success.
Is on the team will go on and dominate English football
because of this amount of investment and spend that's
what they're wanting to see.
What we just seeing that the team Iran of course being led
in by grandfather, were going to get to him in a minute, your
take or your assessment, I should say, Danny of this
strategy. I definitely think that there is a method behind
the madness. I
think the summer transfer window was
was very scattergun approach. It was just bringing players in
and not necessarily knowing where they're going to, when
they're, where they're going to play them, how they fit into
the team and it's, it's since been shown a lot of those.
Plays aren't actually playing.
Now, if you look at the January transfer window,
the majority of the players
22 years or under Dave, brought plays in positions that we
needed, they brought pacing the Tina brought athleticism into
the team now,
where I think there is method in this
is because I think that this is strategic now.
So we all know Manchester City, Liverpool Manchester United and
Newcastle United,
they will spend big in the summer. I don't think there's
any question about that arsenal of an incredible season, but
they don't match The spending power of the teams that I've
just mentioned. So therefore, I think Chelsea are looking at
thinking, right? Okay. If we can
get ourselves into a position in January where we go and
spend a lot of money there, isn't that much catching up to
do in the summer,
where the plays that you want, potentially Liverpool,
Manchester City and Manchester United and to a certain extent,
you cash unite May 1 assuming that these ones get them to
a point where they're not far behind that. It's yesil.
Yeah. Players in the market. Yeah, it's a good point though.
It is interesting trying to get ahead as you said that busy
summer season. Let's talk a bit about Growing pot so though
because he was hired before all this just happened is he
the right man for the job right now? Well,
in terms of what it seems to have changed over these last
few months, and I guess like the philosophy of trying to
bring in
Talent, the Scott upside Grand, Potter's got upside, and again,
the going with that. So, if I'm being honest, I feel like with
this, this amount of
high quality players coming in for huge fees, big egos at want
to play is probably not the best fit but that's all part of
this process of try and find a team.
Full team of coaching and
players that can take them to a new place. You'd think of a
angelotti, or maybe a Josie Marino. That's kind of used to
handling this kind of thing, but I don't mind. But what he's
going with, you know, what is a talented coach? I mean, the for
one thing's for sure, he's going to need
time patience and trying to figure out Danny, how is going
to keep all these players happy? Yes, he I think as
bizarre as it may sound, they've gone and spent a lot of
money in particular, in January, I think green
Potter's. Now, in a better place than what
he was when he first joined the club
because, yes, they've spent a lot of
money on younger.
Players. But I think that plays that can be molded, I think
there's going to be a lack of ego amongst these players. It's
a group of players that
haven't played at the top top clubs before. Now they're
coming to a top club but his
plays in the dressing room. Had won the Champions League had
come from Barcelona PSG. Real Madrid. Now he's getting
a group of players that he can mold and we saw what he's like
when he did that applies you're saying that they'll be less
anxious and angry and frustrated work without playing time.
Yeah. And less of an ego. I feel maybe an ego but I still
it's It's a man management job is now you've all been in teams
Danny where players aren't playing particularly the team
of losing come. If a team's winning and you're certain
you're not playing
well they're winning and they're doing while the guys in
my position. Then you can't say much when the results don't go.
Well that's when they start to Grumble but then he makes
a good point. Maybe the young players are more patient with
a manager and seeing the project for the longer term.