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Spending over \u00a31billion in little over 12 months takes some doing given that Pep Guardiola took six years to reach that same figure in transfer expenditure at Manchester City. With 11 new signings at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea are considered the dark horses this season as nobody truly knows what to expect from Mauricio Pochettino’s side. Express Sport attempts to asses Chelsea’s chaotic transfer window.<\/p>\n
Like Chelsea’s last two transfer windows under the club’s relatively new ownership, time will tell how well the new signings bed in. On paper, there are some exciting signings such as Moises Caicedo in a British record deal, Christopher Nkunku and the last being Cole Palmer.<\/p>\n
But some of the fees Chelsea have paid for all their signings will certainly raise eyebrows once again with many yet to fully prove themselves on the world stage. Boehly and co have now broken the \u00a31billion barrier in just three transfer windows and pressure will be on Mauricio Pochettino to quickly get his side up and running.<\/p>\n
Trying to find time to look at each new signings will also be tough with Chelsea not competing in Europe this season. Pochettino may be glad the transfer window is closing now so that he can finally work with the squad he had.<\/p>\n
To Chelsea’s credit, they have been able to raise significant funds from player sales this summer. Kai Havertz moved to Arsenal for a similar fee to what Chelsea paid Bayer Leverkusen three years ago despite his struggles in front of goal.<\/p>\n
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They were also able to extract a huge fee for Mason Mount despite the midfielder being in the last year of his contract, while Mateo Kovacic and Kalidou Koulibaly also fetched respectable figures. Fringe players such as Christian Pulisic, Eduoard Mendy, Ruben Loftus-Cheek were also moved on permanently while Pochettino doesn’t have to worry about Romelu Lukaku’s presence at the club.<\/p>\n
There’s practically nobody left at the club from the Roman Abramovich era now with only Reece James, Ben Chilwell and Thiago Silva the main first-team players to survive the massive cull. It’s a bold approach to stamping their own authority on the club, but they’ve made back some serious cash this summer.<\/p>\n
Given how active Chelsea were with their incomings, it’s hard to keep track of all the deals they missed out on this summer. Most got over the line, but Chelsea did end up missing out on Crystal Palace starlet Michael Olise in a bitter blow to their plans.<\/p>\n
Don’t miss… <\/strong> We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info<\/p>\n Other reported targets were Jeremy Doku, Josko Gvardiol and Dusan Vlahovic among others while they were named as potential suitors for Kylian Mbappe if he pushed for a more away from Paris Saint-Germain. Olise was the main one that got away for Chelsea it seems, but the club’s hierarchy won’t be too disheartened at missing out on others.<\/p>\n Whether Chelsea have reshaped the transfer market for better or worse remains to be seen but they’ve certainly shaken things up. With 11 more new signings to go with the 14 permanent deals from last year, Chelsea have completely transformed their squad.<\/p>\n The main positive for Pochettino is that he’s now able to start from a blank canvas with most, if not all, the fringe players being sold or loaned out this summer. All players currently in Pochettino’s squad will be fighting for a starting spot from the off.<\/p>\n The only issue for the Argentine will be trying to keep everybody happy as Chelsea have no European football to help spread out minutes. How he handles that could dictate how well they perform this season.<\/p>\n
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