The transfer window can be many things: confusing, misleading, frustrating and—most of all—slanderous. But for Chelsea, this summer’s window has been nothing but a scapegoat for the club’s shaky start to the campaign.
The Blues cruised to the 2014/15 Premier League title with a squad once deemed good enough to replicate Arsenal’s "invincibles" feat, yet only adding a select few first-team players made fans a little hot under the collar.
Poor displays on the pitch have hardly given supporters cause for optimism, either, which means that January could see Jose Mourinho take evasive action.