One of the worst investments Chelsea ever made was signing Lukaku for nothing in the club. $113M is just too ridiculous to buy a player that was above 27 years old and then only to be loaned out for $8M for the same club that sold him, Inter was smart to make money with him and Chelsea was desperate for another Champions League trophy in the bag and yet, the man never participated in the journey, I think Chelsea is bad in making good financial decisions and this thing has been for long right before Toed Boehly bought the club, it will better if the review some of their staffs before they become broke like Barcelona that can not sign big players again due to FFA; Caicedo and Enzo always ring on my head whenever I think about their midfield.
Todd Boehly is a businessman who likes to invest in buying players based on data as he did at the LA Rodgers baseball club he owns. The players bought by Chelsea are headed in that direction even though the purchase price looks expensive, but that's how Boehly runs his club, he sees the opportunity for these players to get a return on their investment in the future. We can also see this when last season appointed Graham Potter as a coach, who at Brighton often used potential players who later became good players with high selling values. Boehly hopes Potter will do the same at Chelsea to make the club excel in the hope of making a profit. from the results of his investment, but in reality he failed. And now Todd Boehly is also making the same mistake by buying expensive players who can't develop quickly. Chelsea should have learned from last season's experience but sadly he didn't.
For me, Chelsea's carelessness is that they don't see which players are needed for the team, but the purchases are only to break player records. I think Chelsea often panics when competing teams want to recruit the player they are looking for, but Chelsea is also a competitor in hunting these players, but they don't see which players the team really needs.