As mentioned, Chelsea's approach to remaining at the top of the Premier League and Champions League has been different. Spending in one of London's most glamorous neighbourhoods has been more sporadic and random, and often misguided. The Blues' new course has focused on young players, seeking out the best talent around the world, often overpaying them and signing them to very long contracts. However, the overbooking of the various squads has complicated the explosion of many of them, who have been lost in large numbers or have had to wait their turn. Some of these budding champions were parked at the Strasbourg satellite club, others were sold, and still others spent weeks and months in the Cobham reserve team. This almost bulimic management turned many people off and prevented the club from reviving itself after a difficult period. Only the arrival of Maresca brought some order to the chaos at Chelsea, who thanked the Italian coach with a dismissal after a few difficult weeks. With hard work and over the years, however, the Blues have managed to build a team with purpose, which is now back among the Premier League elite. In recent transfer windows, as usual, the Londoners have gone wild buying left and right: Joao Pedro, Gittens, Garnacho, Estevao, Hato, Delap and, earlier, Pedro Neto and Joao Felix, along with important sales such as Madueke and Nkunku. This coming and going has also had an impact on the team's results, which, far from the glories of the Mourinho era, have been up and down in recent years.