‘Chelsea will approve big sale and launch huge new summer signing spree’
Chelsea have spent massive money in recent years and a new Uefa report has insisted they have “comfortably the most expensive squad ever assembled”.
The report revealed Chelsea spent £1.7billion in transfer fees in the five-year period to 2024 – and the Blues have already signed Sporting CP stars Geovany Quenda, 17, and Dario Essugo, 20, for a combined £62million in recent days.
Chelsea’a spending comes despite Premier League Profit and Sustainability Rules (PSR) restricting losses to just £105million over three years.
The Blues, who were bought by Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital in 2022, recorded a loss of £90million in the 2022-23 campaign alone.
But Everton’s former chief Keith Wyness – who served as CEO at Goodison Park between 2004 and 2009 and now runs a football consultancy advising elite clubs – has insisted he expects Chelsea to find a way to keep spending this summer.
Chelsea ‘may have one more card to play’, says Wyness
Chelsea exploited a loophole in 2023 by selling two Stamford Bridge hotels to a sister company for a total of £76.5million to offset their major losses, and also sold their women’s side in a similar transaction.
Speaking on the new edition of Football Insider’s Inside Track podcast, Wyness insisted the Blues could have “one more card to play” as they continue to spend in the transfer market.
He suggested player trading and some “pruning” of the academy will also have to take place in the off-season.
| Player | Fee (€million) |
| Enzo Fernandez | 121 |
| Moises Caicedo | 116 |
| Wesley Fofana | 80.4 |
| Mykhaylo Mudryk | 70 |
| Marc Cucurella | 65.3 |
Wyness told Football Insider‘s Inside Track podcast: “Maybe they’ve got another trick up their sleeve.
“We’ve had the hotels, the women’s side – they may have one more card to play. Perhaps the training ground.
“I don’t know what they’re going to do to create some spending space.
“If they are going to spend, there has to be player trading, they’ve got to prune the academy and squad, and free up some money.
“I do expect them to spend. The owners now will have had a flavour of success, they can now feel what it could be in future.
“They’ll be believing that they know what they’re doing, which can be dangerous.
“They may want to back Maresca even further, so I do expect Chelsea to find some clever ways to free up the money.”
Chelsea will seal Sancho deal – on one condition
One potential deal is already scheduled to take place as Football Insider revealed on Monday (17 March) that Chelsea are certain to sign on-loan winger Jadon Sancho if they qualify for next season’s Champions League.
The Blues have an obligation to buy the Man United star, 24, for £25million when his loan spell comes to an end this summer.
However, it has emerged that Chelsea can pay a fee to United and cancel the deal if they wish.
The club feel £25million is a good fee for Sancho, who has notched two goals and six assists in 28 appearances this term.
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