“Every decision weakened the club” – Chelsea’s worst transfer window “by far” named | OneFootball

The London is Blue podcast have taken a broad look back at the transfer windows under Clearlake Boehly, and their guest Sam CFC Central was pretty certain on which one he thought was the worst.

Last summer felt dodgy at the time, and the as the season has progressed it’s looked worse and worse. We’ve sold players we needed, bought ones we didn’t and have ended up looking weaker rather than stronger at the end of it.

Summer 2024 called Chelsea’s worst window “by far”

Omari Kellyman features in the warmup for Chelsea.

“In general I think when you’re looking from what we had already in terms of Gallagher, pushing him out for Joao Felix, who has been by all accounts an absolutely devastating signing in terms of the financial hole it’s burned in our accounts. Supremely disappointing,” Central said.

“They’ve gifted a top 4 competitor a left back who can play central midfield [Lewis Hall] – the exact profile Enzo Maresca wanted – for the next ten years. He’s probably going to be left back for England very, very soon. So for me that’s an utterly disappointing deal. Dewsbury-Hall, was he required? In my opinion no – maybe Sarri-Jorginho vibes. Jorgensen maybe they looked at the numbers… but in general it felt like every single decision they made weakened the club in some capacity,” he continued.

“Neto’s the only one where I can look at it and see the intention. But paying £60m for an injury prone player who has thrived in a counter attacking system and probably isn’t going to be the same way [in our system]… but overall it looks like bad business all around. In my opinion, the worst window by far.”

And he didn’t even mention Omari Kellyman for £20m!

You can see him make his point in the clip embedded here, with this answer coming after 37 minutes: