Chelsea may have made £9m deadline day error as Casadei deal shows

Clearly Tuchel felt different, instead deciding to spend £165m on three new defenders and farming Colwill out on loan to Brighton.

While Todd Boehly has impressed with his decisive movements in the transfer market, backing Tuchel to the tune of £270m, there is a depressing feeling that Chelsea are returning to old habits by bringing in big-name players and turning their back on the academy.

The Cobham production line is the legacy of Roman Abramovich’s reign and the very same centre that propelled Mason Mount and Reece James into the limelight, so to ignore talents like Gilmour, who have been nurtured there, seems short-sighted.

He had made 58 Chelsea appearances before his exit and was adored by the club’s supporters, with calls for him to be brought into the squad falling on deaf ears.