Looking at Chelsea's transfer business this summer, the recruitment of Michael Edwards cannot come soon enough.
What began as a controlled, targeted process is quickly turning into a scattergun supermarket sweep. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang? Marc Cucurella at £50million? Wesley Fofana at £80m plus?
Nobody can argue that Todd Boehly is not investing. Yet where is he getting these names and valuations? And what does Edwards make of it all, if he remains the target?
Not much point becoming the sporting director of a club that has already chosen its direction.