Anyway he has returned to Italy but this time to Roma. It is a one-year loan deal though so I can't say good riddance for Chelsea. They will still have 2 more years with him in case he returns.
But let's say Roma didn't want to extend his loan and he didn't get any other reasonable offer in Europe then Chelsea can go for Saudi Arabia option for him.
At the time they obviously thought it would be a smart move to take him back, but I think taking him back wasn't what was really dumb. I think the transfer fee is what makes this idea so stupid. The money they sent to Inter Mila, which was 113m euros, is insanity at its best. And Inter probably couldn't believe themselves what is happening. Taking him back on a loan for a penny on the dollar I guess. Well played by Inter Milan.
Indeed actually the amount of fee they paid for his transfer was absurd. Why would you spend this much money on a player who has already played for your team before and didn't make a decent contribution? Just because he was impressive at Inter does that mean he will perform the same when you sign him back?
This is completely due to bad management of the team unfortunately. I can give another example to this like Manchester United's spending nearly 90 million euros on Maguire's transfer.
I'm afraid some rich teams really don't know how to manage their finances well.