Episode 2553: The English Asylum
Premier League clubs have doubled their own season record for transfer spending, with almost three billion euros spent on players in the summer and winter windows.
Setting the pace: the super-bullish Todd Boehly regime at Chelsea. But what is the plan? Are we foolish to assume the existence of a plan?
Gabriele Marcotti joins us to try to make sense of what Chelsea are doing – the hows and the whys of a record-breaking season.
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