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Since the arrival of Todd Boehly as Chelsea's new chairman in 2022, the Blues have been spending unprecedented amounts. In fact even under old owner Roman Abramovich the club became renowned for being big spenders in the transfer market. But since the American Boehly came to West London just two years ago, Chelsea have spent over €1 billion, and more than any other club in world football in that same timeframe.

While many clubs around Europe’s top five leagues will be planning to blow the dust off their cheque books with the clear intention of adding new players to their squads over the course of January, one Premier League side in particular will likely spend the next few weeks looking to offload as many players as they can. We are, of course, talking about Chelsea, who have a truly remarkable number of...

Hello and welcome to the Transfermarkt deadline day live blog for the final day of the January 2025 transfer window. The past few weeks have had plenty of twists and turns but as we approach the final 24 hours of transfer business across Europe’s top leagues there are still a number of transfers and loans that are still to get over the line. As such, we’ve put together this page to keep tabs on al...

Although Chelsea only spent €15 million on new players in January,  they did more business than most Premier League clubs over the course of the transfer window Alongside the sale of Cesare Casadei to Torino for €13 million, the club also sanctioned the departure of no less than six players on loan to other clubs, earning an impressive €18m in up-front fees as part of the deals. That means that th...

The term 'pure profit' is one that is emerging more and more when it comes to Premier League transfers. Since the division introduced it's Profit and Sustainability rules (PSR), clubs have been battling to stay on the right side of the financial restrictions and avoid being sanctioned. We have already seen both Everton and Nottingham Forest (both in the 2023/24 season) deducted points for failing ...