A transfer window like no other has concluded and Chelsea boss Graham Potter must now find a way to settle on his best XI while keeping the individual parts of a bloated squad content.
It is a tall order for any head coach, but particularly one already under pressure because of poor results since he took over.
And while fans may be drooling at the prospect of watching so many new signings at Stamford Bridge, there are consequences for several players who will be left on the fringes in the short-term and heading towards the exit in the summer.
Winners
Benfica
The Lisbon club held firm and eventually banked a record fee for a player who cost one-twelfth of the amount six months ago and played 29 times in all competitions.
Enzo Fernandez has bags of potential and looked good at the World Cup. But he still has much to prove at the top of the club game. What a result for the Benfica accountants.
Shakhtar Donetsk
It looked like Mykhaylo Mudryk ’s heart was set on Arsenal before Chelsea offered the Ukraine club a package that meant about £26m in performance-related add-ons were more easy to achieve.
And that £88m fee will have a huge impact on a club that has explored legal action against FIFA after their ruling around allowing players to move at the beginning of the war.
Joao Felix
The Portugal forward has been extricated from a situation where he was unwanted at Atletico Madrid and, despite the unfortunate end to what had been a promising debut away to Fulham, he is now in a position that seems ideal to prove the doubters wrong.
Losers
Pierre Emerick Aubameyang
The striker was unable to leave in January because of FIFA’s three-club rule and it was clear before Joao Felix’s arrival that the former Arsenal man did not have much of a future.
The reality is he should never have signed for the club in the first place. His greatest strength - blistering pace - is no longer what it was and tales of his attitude continue to linger.
Finding a top-level club willing to take him in the summer may be tricky.
The academy
Each new signings makes it harder for another player to make the jump from the Cobham academy pitches to the first team. And this remarkable spree makes it so much harder to believe the early claims from the owners about investing in that existing structure.
Teenager Jude Soonsup-Bell went to Spurs on deadline day - a likely sign of things to come.
N’Golo Kante
Remember him? The defensive midfielder has limped from injury to injury since Maurizio Sarri’s season in charge and is almost certain to be heading off in the summer.
The 31-year-old is out of contract in the summer and talk of a new deal died down weeks ago. He last played in August and those fitness concerns will place a limitation on the summer interest - even as a free agent.
