{"id":213116,"date":"2025-10-14T20:09:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T20:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/213116\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T20:09:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T20:09:08","slug":"chelsea-told-their-52m-signing-was-a-strange-move-which-sums-the-club-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/213116\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea told their \u00a352m signing was a &#8216;strange move&#8217; which sums the club up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Chelsea spent big money again on new signings in the recent summer transfer window, however not all of them are currently being looked at as positive deals.<\/p>\n<p>To go alongside a window where the Blues made more from player sales than any club before them, they brought in a variety of new players both before and after the Club World Cup.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/joao-pedro\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joao Pedro<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/liam-delap\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liam Delap<\/a> made their mark out in the United States, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/estevao-willian\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Estevao Willian<\/a> has been an exciting addition since his high-profile move was finally confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>The same cannot be said so far for the addition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/jamie-gittens\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jamie Gittens<\/a>, who after starting the Premier League opener against Crystal Palace has only started one since in the competition.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2231467518-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Chelsea v Crystal Palace - Premier League\" \/>Photo by Robin Jones\/Getty ImagesChelsea told Jamie Gittens signing was a \u2018strange move\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The former Borussia Dortmund man is yet to find the net in a Chelsea shirt, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/match-coverage\/chelsea-fans-have-a-lot-to-say-about-jamie-gittens-after-starting-in-2-2-draw-vs-brentford\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Blues fans have criticised Gittens<\/a> for the role he has played at Stamford Bridge so far.<\/p>\n<p>Pundit Alan Smith has criticised the business done by Chelsea to bring in the winger, and is a deal that summed up some of the deals they\u2019ve done in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>He said: to <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/10\/14\/not-upgrade-alan-smith-says-52m-signing-looks-out-place-chelsea-24410501\/?ito=newsnow-feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Metro<\/a>: \u201cWho knows how Chelsea feel when it comes to these comings and goings. Jamie Gittens hasn\u2019t been an upgrade though, he\u2019s just been disappearing up blind alleys, and we\u2019ve not seen the best form from him yet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was a strange move. It felt unusual at the time, and it looks even more out of place now.\u00a0But that\u2019s Chelsea at the moment, isn\u2019t it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2240482439-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"England v Andorra - 2027 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualifier\" \/>Photo by Robbie Jay Barratt \u2013 AMA\/Getty ImagesGittens showing signs of improvements<\/p>\n<p>Gittens was called upon as a late sub when Chelsea were chasing a winner against Liverpool in their last Premier League game.<\/p>\n<p>The Englishman certainly made an impact in the time he was on the pitch, and he was part of the combination which created Estevao\u2019s winning goal.<\/p>\n<p>The Brazilian stole all the headlines from the game, however Gittens\u2019 impact should not be understated, especially for a player who has struggled since his arrival in London.<\/p>\n<p>He certainly has a long way to go, however there should be no appetite for supporters to give up on their new signing yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chelsea spent big money again on new signings in the recent summer transfer window, however not all of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":213117,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,45009,561,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-213116","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-jamie-gittens","11":"tag-soccer","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}