Sancho signing shows Chelsea owners grasping in the dark with no plan

I haven't even mentioned the elephant in the transfer market, which is the reason Sancho started looking to get gametime elsewhere in the first place: discpline. In case you have forgotten, Sancho fell out with his manager Erik ten Hag in December last year, leading him to be loaned to Dortmund in January.

Ten Hag had mentioned that Sancho wasn't involved in proceedings because he wasn't training well. Sancho, though, responded with a tweet that he pinned for some time, saying that Ten Hag's statements were untrue.

Regardless of whether Ten Hag's statement is correct or not, Sancho clearly takes drama where he goes. Drama that Chelsea doesn't need with the situation it already finds itself in.

Sancho's wages are also another sticking point. The 24-year-old is either coming to Chelsea to get more gametime (unlikely) or to get more money. The Man United forward is currently on £250k-per-week. If the move happens, Sancho isn't likely to take anything less than what Palmer is getting paid ( £130k-a-week), and that is the least he'd take. He's likely to take much more, if not the same salary he currently earns.

Spending about £200k-per-week on a player you don't need, to be a squad player in a team that already has many well-paid, expensive forwards on similar wages, is exactly the kind of thing these owners have done since they arrived, while trying to convince fans and onlookers that they have a strategy and know exactly what they're doing.

*At the time of writing this piece, there were still a few hours before the close of transfer deadline day.