Chelsea signed Wesley Fofana Marc Cucurella, Raheem Sterling, Kalidou Koulibaly, Carney Chukwuemeka, Gabriel Slonina, Denis Zakaria and Cesare Casadei this past summer.
All of those signings meant that Chelsea spent the most money of any club in Premier League history during the 2022 summer transfer window, with a total spend of £278.4m.
On top of that, Chelsea reached two domestic cup finals last season and the campaign before that, they won the Champions League.
Despite this, Chelsea have had a dismal start to life under Graham Potter.
Their loss to Newcastle last weekend means they are now winless in five league games and have lost their last three matches.
Chelsea are also out of the League Cup after being beaten 2-0 by Manchester City.
However, Conor Gallagher has urged Chelsea fans to show patience with Potter, like Arsenal and Liverpool did with their managers.
Speaking to reporters in Qatar about the winter break, Gallagher said: “Yes, it definitely did come at a good time. I think we needed it. We needed everyone to get away and regroup in their minds, mainly mentally and come back fresh and raring to go.
“It’s like I said, it is never just an uphill road. With the other teams that started their journey, for example Arteta at Arsenal and Klopp at Liverpool, they weren’t the best team straight away.
“They start that journey and that’s what Graham Potter is on with us as well. Like I said, I feel we will definitely improve because of the people around the club, the players and staff, and how badly we want to do well for the fans.”
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