Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho is delighted with their summer market work.
Mourinho has welcomed Diego Costa, Cesc Fabregas and Filipe Luis to Stamford Bridge.
He said: "This season we went to the market with different objectives. We felt last season we had a team. Not a super team, but we had a team. With that team we were fighting for the title until almost the end and were in the Champions League semi-final.
"From mid-season we were feeling that we needed critical surgery, new players but instead of buying five, six, seven, eight, we made a very early decision to go and attack three points where we felt we needed a real improvement.
"As well as a striker we needed a player for the midfield with a different football profile and we had two or three options. But my club did fantastic, the way they killed the situation with Fabregas. What I did was explained to the player what I want from him, explained to the player what was waiting for him, tried to make the player think it was the perfect move for him.
"After that, my club was fantastic. The club resolved it in record time and the way they did it with Barcelona was, for me, a big surprise. I was expecting Fabregas to still be training with Barcelona and us here waiting for him. But it was done before the World Cup.
"After that, we needed a real left back. We always felt Luis was a stable player that we needed who gave us multi-solutions. I can play Azpilicueta right back and Ivanovic centre back because of Filipe."
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