Well and truly is mind boggeling how everyone could see this problem in the summer, but not our board.
Given the title win, transfers and Nike sponsorship, we had 200 million to spend without Roman's influence. During last summers' transfer activity, when you compare our board's strategy to Man City's, it just makes you scratch your head. Especially as a Chelsea fan.
Both us and City needed wingback upgrades last summer. City had ageing wingbacks and we have a system where we are highly dependent on them. Alonso and Moses clearly had limitations, and for a club competing on all fronts, it was evident that they should at best be used for rotation.
City bought Walker, Mendy, and Danilo in late July early August.
We bought Zappacosta. On deadline day...
Like I said, the board is highly responsible for the outcome of this season well before Conte. The excuse that we don't have that much funds shouldn't be a factor when we've spent a combined total of nearly 130 million on bang average players.
2010, 2015, and now 2017, we've just acted very strange in the transfer market after a title win.