The main reporter of Sky Sports News Kaveh Solhekol analyzes how Chelsea's Champions League qualification influences their transfer strategy and what the future can mean for Jadon Sancho …
Nobody at Chelsea is dragged after they have qualified for the Champions League by winning away from Nottingham Forest.
The most important target of Enzo Maresca was this season to get Chelsea back where they feel they belong and he expected what was expected in his first season as a head coach.
There is still the conference competition to play on Wednesday evening, but even if real betis gets the least coveted of the three major club competition -Trophies of UEFA will be seen this season as a qualified success at Stamford Bridge and an important milestone on the long way to make Chelsea again.
Last summer the owners of Chelsea and senior executives were besieged by a barrage of criticism of their transfer strategy and the size of their team.
A lot was made of the fact that they had 42 players in the first team, but what Maresca said that it turned out at the time. Chelsea finished fourth in the Premier League with the help of 26 players and a core of nine players achieved more than 30 performances in the entire League season.
This Chelsea side was also the youngest in the history of Premier League, with an average starting age of 24 years and 36 days, which means that they can grow and develop with the extra experience of Champions League football next season.
Last summer a lot was made of the fact that Chelsea players had a combined 191 years on their contracts. Signing the best young players in the world, however, on long, stimulated contracts seem to be logical when Real Madrid tries to sign Enzo Fernandez and the club has tied him to a contract for seven years.
Being eligible for the Champions League will make it easier for Chelsea to sign the best players available this summer, but no revision of the team is planned. Large operation was performed last summer, with 11 players who arrive, so this time things are probably more focused and focused.
It is well documented that Chelsea will sign another attacker this summer, and a winger, and a new signing of the middle is also a strong opportunity.
Laying ahead such as Viktor Gyokeres, Benjamin Sesko, Liam Delap, Hugo Ekitike and Jonathan David will all remain goals and the transfer strategy will be discussed internally in more detail after the final of the Conference League.
Together with Manchester City, Chelsea is one of the two English teams representing the Premier League in the extensive Club World Cup in the United States next month and they are expected to use the special early transfer window from June 1 to June 10.
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Chelsea Na PSG Model | No plans to sign Rodrygo
The club's hierarchy had believed that Maresca was on his way with his project, even before they won in Forest to secure fourth place and were willing to support him.
Sky Sports News reported last week that Chelsea has no plans to sign superstar players such as Real Madrid wing player Rodrygo.
Chelsea has made at least £ 100 million by qualifying for the Champions League and they will reach around £ 100 million if they reach the last phases of the club's World Cup.
Rodrygo is seen as an exceptional player, but the total costs of a potential deal, including wages, are priceless and a movement would not fit in the strategy of Chelsea in recent transfer windows.
The model of Chelsea, which is very similar to that of Paris Saint-Germain, is building a team of young players of world class who will develop together and challenge next season for large trophies.
PSG has reached the Champions League final with a young, exciting team after changing strategy and throwing away their model of signing superstar players such as Lionel Messi, Neymar and Kylian Mbappe.
Many elite players who will move this summer have waited to see who will play in the elite competition of European football next season before they close transfers.
'Sancho wants to stay'
Decisions must also be made about the future of players such as Jadon Sancho and Trevoh Chalobah.
Sancho enjoyed his time in Chelsea and is supposed to stay after he had come on loan at Manchester United last summer.
The fact that he started the crucial match against Forest is seen by some insiders as an indication that Chelsea tends to their option to permanently sign him.
In the meantime, Chalobah has impressed the club with its performances and behavior during a difficult season, which started with a loan spell in Crystal Palace.
Qualification for the Champions League is more important than ever in the era of Financial Fair Play and profitability and sustainability rules.
Maximizing income ensures that clubs can spend more on transfers and wages, and the new format of competition – with more competitions and more high -quality opposition – yields extra matchday and commercial income.
In negotiations with several parties about a new long-term front-of-shirt sponsor, Chelsea remains sponsor, and the prospect of Champions League football will increase the price of each potential partnership agreement.
No wonder that the owners of Chelsea and Senior Executives congratulate the players and employees with the field on the city. Chelsea is back at the top table of European football, but the champagne stays on ice until there is a large trophy to parad the Fulham road again.
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