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Chelsea were held to another dour draw in the Premier League on Friday when they played out a stalemate with Fulham.
New £106m signing Enzo Fernandez made his debut from the start while £26m new boy Noni Madueke came off the bench in the second half.
Fernandez was quick to show his quality after being brought in for a British-record transfer fee and Graham Potter will be pleased with what he saw.
But spare a thought for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang who was left out of Chelsea's Champions League squad to make way for new signings, while he didn't even make the bench for the clash against Fulham.
Here, Sportsmail's James Sharpe has picked out some of the things you may have missed from Stamford Bridge on Friday...
Chelsea were held to another stalemate in the Premier League when they faced Fulham
When asked to comment on Todd Boehly’s spending spree yesterday, Jurgen Klopp suggested it best to ‘say nothing without my lawyer’ – and a quick glance down the team-sheet at Stamford Bridge helped understand why.
Chelsea’s starting XI tonight night cost £488million, a few bob short of half a billion quid, and that still included four players who were either free transfers or came through the academy.
The three starting January signings of Enzo Fernandez, Mykhailo Mudryk and Benoit Badiashile set Boehly back nearly £230m between them. Mudryk only lasted until half-time.
If that were not gilded enough, nearly £200m was sat plucking splinters on