In recent years, Chelsea has paid no less than £ 257 million – enough money to build their Amex stadium three times.
The blues have squeezed 14 players and staff – the latter are £ 55 million striker Joao Pedro – from their Premier League rivals since Todd Boehly took over as co -owner and chairman in 2022.
Young stars Zak Sturge and Shumaira Mheuka became the first players to make the switch in the summer window, just over a month in the Boehly era.
Full-back Marc Cucurella then followed in a transfer of £ 62 million.
Then Chelsea went for the head coach of Brighton, Graham Potter.
Boehly had made the decision to dismiss Thomas Tuchel for only a few weeks in the 2022-23 season, where Potter led as the perfect man in the long term.
As part of a deal with Brighton, where the blues paid more than £ 21 million in compensation, Potter was accompanied by five employees – Billy Reid, Bjorn Hamberg, Bruno Saltor, Ben Roberts and Kyle Macauley.
However, the 50-year-old was fired after only seven months, with everyone Macauley and Roberts followed him.
In December 2022, Paul Winstanley became another person who traded the Amex stage for Stamford Bridge when he was appointed sports director.
Chelsea was forced to pay another compensation package.
Sam Jewell then made the switch in February 2024 to lead the worldwide scouting network of the club and to take the lead on players' negotiations.
The arrival of Jewell in West -London saw him become the eighth staff to complete the move of Sussex.
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Then Chelsea hit the British transfer record to Land Moises Caicedo.
The blues came out £ 115 million to sign the Ecuadorian from the seagulls in August 2023 after the fight of the interest from Liverpool.
That same month she also closed a £ 25 million deal for goalkeeper Robert Sanchez.
Although Caicedo is impressed, Sanchez is now running the risk of losing its NO1 spot after struggling at Stamford Bridge.
Now in line to become a member of the five players who brought the Brighton to Chelsea Pathway, Joao Pedro is.
Enzo Maresca and co beat Newcastle in the weekend before the rush.
The 23-year-old is now expected to complete the £ 55 million switch in the coming days.
Once the deal has been completed, Chelsea would have spent around £ 257 million to Brighton players and staff in the past three years.
That is almost enough money to finance the construction of three more stadiums.
In addition to Pedro, the UEFA Conference League winners will also close a £ 55.5 deal for Borussia Dortmund Winger Jamie Gittens.
The 20-year-old urges a move to London since the start of the transfer window.