The 178.5 million euros invested by London “Chelsea” in winter transfers brought the total acquisition budget to 460.5 million euros in the “Bol era”, an absolute record in football.

Chelsea invested 460 million euros in transfers

Todd Boley is a high-level businessman. Co-owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers and shareholder of the Lakers, he joined the Premier League with Behdad Eghbali, Mark Walther and Hansjorg Wiss when he bought Chelsea from Roman Abramovich for €5 billion, the most expensive purchase of a football club , writes Marca. .

Among the first measures, Boeli restructured the club’s management, then moved on to transfers.

Fofana (80.4 million euros), Cucurella (65.3), Sterling (56.2), Koulibaly (38), Chukwuemeka (18), Aubameyang (12), Slonina (9.1) and Zakaria ( rent for 3 million). , a total of 282 million euros.

Along with Christopher Wivell, former sporting director of RB Leipzig, and Paul Winstanley, former head of scouting at Brighton, Chelsea also invested €178.5m in January: Mudryk (70+30), Badiashile (38), Madueke (35), Andriy Santos (12.5), Datro Fofana (12) and Joao Felix (11 million on loan).

In total, the Bundesliga (49.4), La Liga (24.1), Ligue 1 (19.3) and Serie A (9) spent just €101.8 million.

Only Barcelona (380 million euros in 2017-2018), Real Madrid (355 in 2019-2020) and Manchester City (317 in 2017-2018) managed to break the ceiling of 300 million euros.

Another interesting feature of the transfers of the Londoners is that the players signed contracts for very long terms, for example Mudryk (2031) or Badiashile (2030). If the players do not confirm, then they can stay in the club for a long time, which is a big adventure, but also a big risk.

“Chelsea” is only in tenth place in the Premier League standings, having 29 points after 20 rounds.