After having recruited without counting since his arrival at the head of Chelsea FC, Todd Boehly embarked on a large-scale sales campaign this summer.
Nearly 600 million euros spent in a few months. Chelsea’s new owner made a name for himself on his debut after buying the London club from former boss Roman Abramovich. Last summer, Kalidou Koulibaly, Raheem Sterling and Wesley Fofana landed at the same time as Marc Cucurella and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. During the winter transfer window, Todd Boehly pulled out the checkbook to sign Enzo Fernandez or Mykhailo Mudryk. For a poor sporting result with a calamitous final twelfth place in the Premier League standings. Enough to make the American businessman want to change.
A year later, so it’s the big sale. Way of speaking of course, since the selling prices often include many zeros. Several players have therefore crossed the exit door, like Kalidou Koulibaly, N’Golo Kanté, Christian Pulisic, Kai Havertz, Mateo Kovacic, Mason Mount, Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang. Among others. And it’s not over since, as noted Foot Mercato this Tuesday, no less than eight other players are still affected by a potential departure.
A hole to fill
Whether it’s Trevoh Chalobah and Romelu Lukaku, Conor Gallagher, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Hakim Ziyech, Marc Cucurella, Malang Sarr or Lewis Hall, clubs looking for reinforcements are spoiled for choice. Since the start of their summer cleaning, Chelsea have recovered just over 250 million euros. Not enough, however, to fill the current hole in the finances of the London club. The expected profits on future sales are therefore eagerly awaited by the management of the Blues.
