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And when open the transfer window, see what we can do.

You know, it's expectation in here.

Reality is here is because we are missing something in the middle.

Maybe we need to improve our reality.

Yep. You heard that right.

Chelsea manager Murizio Pochitino may want to spend more money this January.

So after almost a billion pounds in transfer fees already, and FFP rules tightening, can there really be another spending spree?

And how much progress has actually been made at Chelsea under Pochitino?

Well, let's find out.

I'm Ayahuakimu Lari.

Welcome to the Athletic Football Podcast.

I'm joined by the Athletics, Adam Crafton, and our Chelsea writer, Liam Toomey, also a regular on our Chelsea podcast, straight at O'Cobbin.

I'm going to come to you in a second, Liam, because I know the angle you're at right now. I listened to the podcast last night.

But Adam, let's start with you. Chelsea said they need more players in the transfer window. I was going to ask if you're surprised, but like, is it madness considering? Like, what's going on at Chelsea right now? Yeah, well, it's Pocitino, isn't it, after Everton? And he came out and said he kind of needs more players, which tells you he doesn't trust what he's currently got at his disposal to do what he wants to do.

But also I think like most of us watching them feel like they need more players or a higher quality of players.

Like certainly goalkeeper, striker.

Chelsea fans keep telling me they've got 15 centre halves, but none of them are world class at this stage so they

probably need a top class centre half and they need fallbacks because their best fallbacks can't stay

fit so that's like a starting point so he's right when he says they need more players but when

you've spent over a billion pounds in three transfer windows,

it's extraordinary.

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