On May 30, American magnate Todd Boehly, who owns shares in the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team and the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team, headed the consortium made up of the investment fund Clearlake Capital Group that bought Chelsea from Roman Abramovich for 5,000 million euros. .
Chelsea’s new owners have promised to inject 2,000 million euros into reform works at the Stamford Bridge stadium, the club’s academy, the women’s team and its foundation.
But seven and a half months after closing down that record operation in world sport, the massive investment continues to grow due to spending on transfers. With the inclusion of the Ukrainian Mykhaylo Mudryk for 70 million euros (including 30 in variables) there are already 425 million paid by Chelsea in the thirteen acquisitions carried out in the summer markets and the ones currently underway.
In January there were already five reinforcements
As a result of a disappointing record in the Premier League (10th, 19 points behind leaders Arsenal), five players joined Chelsea this January for a total of 143 million euros: Mudryk, Benoît Badiashile, Andrey Santos, David Fofana and Joao Félix , on loan from Atlético de Madrid.
To this huge number of transfers, we must add the 32 million euros Chelsea spent to get rid of German coach Thomas Tuchel (8 million) and pay Brighton 24 ‘moves’ to get his replacement, Graham Potter, and his team of collaborators. This is the breakdown of Chelsea’s transfer spending since Todd Boehly took over the club on 30 May.
one
Mikhail Mudrik
70 million plus 30 in variables
The 22-year-old Ukrainian winger is Chelsea’s latest reinforcement for now after announcing and presenting his signing on Sunday. Shakhtar Donetsk, the club he comes from, will allocate 21 million euros from the transfer “to help our soldiers and their families” in conflict with Russia.
2
Wesley Fofana
80.4 million
The 22-year-old French centre-back signed on August 31 from Leicester but has played just four games, two in the Premier and two in the Champions League, due to two knee injuries.
3
Marc Cucurella
65.3 million
The Catalan left winger, trained at Barça, signed on August 5 from Brighton after his move to Manchester City failed despite interest from Pep Guardiola. Soon, in September, he met Graham Potter, signed from Brighton after the dismissal of Thomas Tuchel.
4
Raheem Sterling
56.7 million
The 28-year-old left winger joined Chelsea in July from Manchester City after losing influence at City under Guardiola.
5
Kalidou Koulibaly
38 million
The 31-year-old Senegalese centre-back joined Chelsea in July from Napoli.
6
Benoit Badiashile
38 million
The 21-year-old French central defender has only arrived in the winter market after leaving Monaco to strengthen the backline.
7
Carney Chukwuemeka
18 million
The promising 19-year-old English midfielder landed at Stamford Bridge in August from Aston Villa after being linked with, among others, Barça.
8
Andrew Santos
12.5 million
Chelsea this January chose this very young Brazilian midfielder, 18 years old, after standing at Vasco da Gama.
9
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
12 million
At 33 years old, the Gabonese striker was a surprise signing in the final hours of the summer market when he did not fit into Barça’s plans to fit his squad’s salary cap.
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10
david datro fofana
12 million
Another of Chelsea’s youth commitments in the current winter market, the 20-year-old Ivorian center forward comes from the Norwegian Mould.
Eleven
joao felix
11 million (loaned)
The 23-year-old Portuguese midfielder is another of five reinforcements Chelsea have signed so far in January. Atlético, to their credit, expected him to show his best level, but in his debut with the ‘blues’ he was sent off on Thursday.
12
Gabriel Slonina
9 million
The 18-year-old American goalkeeper was signed from Chicago Fire in January but has not arrived in London until now after his loan spell at his home club.
13
Denis Zakaria
3 million (loaned)
The 26-year-old Swiss midfielder arrived on the last day of the summer market on loan from Juventus.
14
Firing Thomas Tuchel
8 million
The German coach was surprisingly fired on September 7 after losing to Dinamo Zagreb on the first day of the Champions League (1-0). In the Premier they picked up three wins, one draw and two defeats in the first seven days.
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Graham Potter signing
24 million
Chelsea had to pay Brighton to get the coach and his collaborators. It became the most expensive in the history of English football. In Germany, it cost Bayern Munich 20 million euros to remove Julian Nagelsmann from Leipzig for the 2021-2022 season.
Source: La Verdad
I’m Rose Herman and I work as an author for Today Times Live. My expertise lies in writing about sports, a passion of mine that has been with me since childhood. As part of my job, I provide comprehensive coverage on everything from football to tennis to golf.
