Let's hope for the sake of football that West Ham beat Chelsea in our next home game. Chelsea have signed 17 players and spent a total of £550 million this season. Their gross transfer expenditure of £289 million in the window was more than all the combined clubs of La Liga, Serie A and the Bundesliga. Owner Todd Boehly's strategy is to use creative accounting to spread the cost of the deals over eight-year contracts (next season they'll only be allowed to spread costs over five years) and keep within the financial fair play rules. It's a risky game as you can end up with a lot of dud players on long-term contracts. Imagine if West Ham had signed Anderson, Haller, Hugill, Roberto, Ajeti and Jack Wilshere on eight-year deals... It's surprising to see Graham Potter mixed up in all this as at Brighton he was known for sensible management. His biggest problem will be keeping a massive squad happy. And the good news is that only 16 of them can play against the Irons.
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