It's been a strange summer for Chelsea fans. We started the summer signing Sunderland's reserve goalie Jurgen Macho on a free transfer. This is someone who struggled to get into the worst team ever to play in the Premier League. Yesterday we offered Real Madrid, the biggest team in the world, £71 million for their top striker Raul (plus £8m a year wages). Our new Russian owner Ramon Abramovich has turned Chelsea and the entire football world on it's head splashing around huge amounts of cash at a time when it was thought the days of big money transfers and huge wages was dead. All around clubs were in financial trouble after years of overspending. While fans of other clubs may be jealous, Chelsea have spread their money around generously spending £17m at Blackburn, £7m at Southampton and £6m at West Ham enabling them to invest too. So far Chelsea have chosen their purchases wisely, Damian Duff, Wayne Bridges, Glen Johnson and Geremi are all excellent players who will surely take the team on to another level. I just really hope we get over this mad infatuation with Manchester United reject, Juan Sebastian Veron, who may be classy, but who has failed to make his mark in the Premier League - why would he do so now at Chelsea. I hope too that we retain Manager Claudio Raneri who has proved his worth.