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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Chelsea manager Graham Potter pleaded for time to gel his expensive collection of new stars after the Blues were held 0-0 at home by Fulham on Friday.<\/p>\n

Enzo Fernandez made his Chelsea debut after becoming the most expensive player in British football history with a \u00a3107 million move ($132 million) from Benfica on transfer deadline day.<\/p>\n

Mykhailo Mudryk was also given his Stamford Bridge bow, while Noni Madueke and David Datro Fofana came off the bench for their Premier League debuts.<\/p>\n

Chelsea’s record investment of over \u00a3300 million in the January window took the total spend on players in their first season under new ownership to over half a billion.<\/p>\n

Co-owners Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali were in attendance, but will not have been impressed as another chance to close on the top four slipped by.<\/p>\n

Potter’s men sit ninth in the table, still nine points adrift of the Champions League places.<\/p>\n

“New players are adapting to a new country and a new league. It’s not straightforward. When the price tag is what it is questions will be asked, it’s the nature of the business,” said Potter.<\/p>\n

“The decision we took in the window you can see the profile in terms of age. We feel we have a very strong group of players. We have to gel and become a really good team. That’s where the work is.”<\/p>\n

Fulham had secured a first victory in the west London derby since 2006 when the teams met just three weeks ago.<\/p>\n

Marco Silva’s men sit two points and three places above their local rivals in the table in their first season back in the top flight.<\/p>\n

Havertz’s hat-trick of misses <\/b><\/p>\n

Fulham were seeking a first ever league double over Chelsea and came close to achieving it as Andreas Pereira forced Kepa Arrizabalaga into a flying save low to his right.<\/p>\n

For the enormous sums spent by Chelsea’s new owners, their lack of a clinical goalscorer was exposed once more.<\/p>\n

Kai Havertz had a hat-trick of big chances to break the deadlock before half-time.<\/p>\n

The German international failed to get enough contact on Thiago Silva’s brilliant pass to divert the ball beyond Bernd Leno.<\/p>\n

Havertz then could not stretch to turn Mason Mount’s dangerous cross on target.<\/p>\n

But his best opening came when he hit the post with a lob over Leno from Hakim Ziyech’s defence-splitting pass.<\/p>\n

Ziyech would have been a Paris Saint-Germain player this week had Chelsea not submitted the wrong paperwork in the minutes before Tuesday’s transfer deadline.<\/p>\n

The Moroccan is just one of a wealth of wide options now available to Potter and he wasted no time in hooking Mudryk despite his price tag after a disappointing first 45 minutes.<\/p>\n

The Ukrainian joined from Shakhtar Donetsk last month for a fee that could rise to 100 million euros ($110 million).<\/p>\n

Madueke was introduced in his place and Potter also threw on Raheem Sterling from the bench on the hour mark in the search for a winner.<\/p>\n

Fernandez was inches away from the perfect debut as the Argentine World Cup winner flashed a shot wide from distance 20 minutes from time.<\/p>\n

Connor Gallagher came even closer as he hit the side-netting from the edge of the box.<\/p>\n

But the best chance fell to Fofana as the Ivorian rounded the stranded Leno, but failed to beat the covering Tim Ream on the line.<\/p>\n

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