Maurizio Sarri may now have the striker he always wanted but a humiliating 4-0 loss at Bournemouth proved the Blues remain riddled with problems
Gonzalo Higuain's January arrival at Chelsea has cast him in an unenviable role as the club's mid-season saviour but that was always likely to prove too heavy a burden for one man to bare.
Exactly a year on from a 3-0 loss at home to Bournemouth, they suffered an even more humiliating loss at Victoria Park, beaten 4-0 on a trying night for both Higuain and his manager, Maurizio Sarri.
The Argentine had 29 touches, no shots and no key passes on his Premier League debut.