A former Chelsea manager has revealed that, during his time at the club, they had signed so many players that some had to sit on the floor during meetings.
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Graham Potter's time at Stamford Bridge did not work out. The Englishman was Clearlake Capital's first managerial appointment after the Todd Boehly-led consortium took over the club.
Thomas Tuchel could not get his charges to start firing at the beginning of the 2022/23 season, and that theme continued once Potter took the reins.
In an effort to try to turn the club's fortunes around, the Blues decided to go on a massive spending spree in January 2023, bringing in eight players for a combined fee of €329 million (R6.2 billion).
The decision was taken after the club had begun the season by signing as many as nine players.
The English tactician has now claimed that he tried to get behind the club's transfer policy, but it was ultimately to his detriment as it became a struggle keeping the entire squad happy.
"We tried to support [Chelsea's transfer business] as best we could, but it left us with a challenge of a lot of players after January and then they can't go anywhere," the Solihull native told The Telegraph.
"A few of them just had to sit on the floor.
"It's not ideal, of course. Everybody recognised it was a really difficult situation because you can only pick 11 players and if you've got 20 players not playing, it doesn't matter where you are.
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"If you can find a coach out there who says: 'Yeah, that's the best condition for me', I'd be very surprised."
