Todd Boehly has been a busy man since taking over the reigns (Picture: GLYN KIRK/IKIMAGES/AFP via Getty Images)
Todd Boehly hasn’t shied away from splashing the cash since completing his takeover of Chelsea in May 2022.
The American businessman, who Forbes estimates is worth $5.3 billion (£3.6 billion), has parted company with almost £600 million in transfer fees and, incredibly, the huge outlay has seemed to have made the Premier League heavyweights even worse.
A miserable campaign has left Chelsea marooned in 12th place in the table, with the club on course to record their lowest ever points haul in the Premier League having already sacked Thomas Tuchel and his replacement Graham Potter.
Boehly’s chaotic transfer strategy has even drawn criticism from his own players, with Thiago Silva stating that the sheer number of new signings has forced the club to expand its dressing room.
How much has Chelsea spent this season?
Since Boehly completed his purchase of Chelsea last year and became co-owner alongside Behdad Eghbali, the club have splashed out £585.5 million on 16 new players across the summer transfer window 2022 and the January transfer window 2023.
Chelsea have been busy in the market under Boehly (Picture: Harriet Lander – Chelsea FC/Chelsea FC via Getty Images)
The first new face of the new reign in west London was the £50 million capture of Raheem Sterling from Manchester City ahead of the new season.
The 28 year-old arrived at Stamford Bridge on a five year contract, with Tuchel describing the England international as Chelsea’s ‘number one priority’.
Later in the window Spanish fullback Marc Cucurella arrived from Brighton for £58 million whilst Wesley Fofana completed his £72m switch from Leicester.
Experienced centre back Kalidou Koulibaly moved from Napoli for £34 million, whilst former Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang – who was left out of their Champions League squad – departed Barcelona to join for around £10.5 million.
The Blues moved to sign then 18 year-old Carney Chukwuemeka from Aston Villa for £16 million despite only having made a handful appearances for Villa’s first team.
Chelsea signings under Todd Boehly
Marc Cucurella – £58 million
Raheem Sterling – £50 million
Gabriel Slonina – £8 million
Carney Chukwuemeka – £16 million
Kalidou Koulibaly – £34 million
Cesare Casadei – £17.5 million
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang – £10.5 million
David Datro Fofana – £10.5 million
Joao Felix – £9.5 million (loan)
Benoit Badiashile – £33.5 million
Mykhailo Mudryk – £88 million
Andrey Santos – £11 million
Noni Madueke – £29 million
Malo Gusto – £31 million
Enzo Fernandez – £107 million
Total: £585.5 million
Their summer splurge was completed with the captures of Cesare Casadei for £17.5 million, with the young Italian spending the season on loan at Reading, and third choice goalkeeper Gabriel Slonina for £8 million.
After a difficult first half to the season which resulted in the departure of Tuchel, Boehly backed Potter in the January transfer window with eight additions to the squad.
The headline move was the signing of Argentina’s World Cup star Enzo Fernandez for a British transfer fee of £107 million, with Boehly heading to Portugal to wrap up the deal with Benfica in the final hours of the winter window.
The other blockbuster January move saw Chelsea hijack Arsenal’s move for Mykhailo Mudryk, who had been destined for a move to the Emirates before Boehly blew The Gunners out of the water with an £88 million bid.
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The Ukrainian international has underwhelmed since his big money move to Stamford Bridge, failing to score in any of his ten Premier League appearances to date.
Atletico Madrid agreed to let Joao Felix leave on a short term deal for a loan fee of around £9.5 million, whilst French centre back Benoit Badiashile was added from Monaco for just shy of £35 million.
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Right back Malo Gusto was signed from Lyon for £31 million and loaned back to the Ligue 1 club for the rest of the season.
David Datro Fofana (£10.5 million), Andrey Santos (£11 million) and Noni Madueke rounded off their January business as the Blues spent more than the top flight clubs in La Liga, Serie A, Ligue 1 and the Bundesliga combined.
Chelsea also reportedly have a deal in place to sign Leipzig forward Christopher Nkunku for £53 million in the summer 2023 transfer window.
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