Gary Neville coined the term “blue billion pound bottle jobs” to describe Chelsea, who lost to a depleted Liverpool team in the Carabao Cup final.

This has once again raised concerns about Chelsea’s extravagant spending under owner Todd Boehly.

Despite investing over £1 billion on 30 players in three transfer windows, Chelsea’s progress seems stagnant. Only a few signings have proven successful thus far.

Raheem Sterling has had decent returns but is inconsistent, Kalidou Koulibaly left for Al-Hilal, Omari Hutchinson and Gabriel Slonina are prospects for the future, Carney Chukwuemeka has been hampered by injuries, Marc Cucurella is currently injured, Cesare Casadei has limited playing time, Wesley Fofana has been plagued by injuries, and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang turned out to be a problematic signing.

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