Posted Sep 2, 2023 at 1:39 p.m.Updated Sep 2, 2023 at 1:46 p.m.
If there is one point that Chelsea supporters cannot fault Todd Boehly, who bought the club in May 2022, it is his propensity to take out the checkbook. In sixteen months, the American businessman who took over from the Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich has spent more than 1 billion euros on the transfer market, after having already paid 5 billion euros for his offer the London club.
In the summer of 2022, the Blues had put 293 million euros on the table to recruit new talent. Last winter, they broke the codes of a transfer window traditionally limited to adjustments by releasing 330 million euros. This summer, they again raised the stakes with 464 million euros invested, including 116 – excluding bonuses – for the only Ecuadorian midfielder from Brighton Moises Caicedo, the second most expensive transfer of the period.
2023-09-02 11:49:35
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