I think it’s been apparent for a while that Chelsea is devoid of principles. When they lose it will just be more egg on their face. If they win (ha) it will show they didn’t need their full strength anyway, and the competition may be beneath them.

On one hand, yes, Chelsea have absolutely abused the loan and contracts systems to buy every young player under the sun and loan them out in the hopes of making a profit off of them. On the other, imagine being told by Todd Boehly and co that you are an important signing and that they see a future in the first team for you. How moronic do you and your entourage have to be to believe that?