It was put to Graham Potter in his press conference today that Chelsea had made a mistake by strengthening all over the pitch apart from up top – where they’ve had big problems.
The Chelsea coach pointed out it’s not that simple. The right profile of striker, at the right price, just wasn’t available, apparently.
He also pointed to a mistake made by the club not long ago. They spent £100m on Romelu Lukaku not long ago, and within 12 months he was out on loan.
He’s absolutely right, you can’t just throw money at a problem and expect it to work.
On the other hand, given the new owners have thrown money at every other problem, you’d have thought it was worth adding the most pressing one of all to the list, just to see if it worked.
You had two windows, and the best option you could come up with was… Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang?