Chelsea FC shook up the transfer market in winter. Such a shopping spree is unique in professional football and has completely transformed the Blues roster. Thanks to owner Todd Boehly, who opened the box and invested heavily, fans of the Londoners can look forward to numerous new faces in the team.
Benfica’s Enzo Fernández cost Chelsea a whopping €121m on Deadline Day. The world champion breaks all records and becomes the most expensive player in Premier League history. In addition, Mykhaylo Mudryk came from Shakthar Donetsk for over 70 million euros. Benoît Badiashile (38m/AS Monaco), Noni Madueke (35m/PSV Eindhoven), Malo Gusto (30m/until summer at Olympique Lyon), Andrey Santos (12.5m/Vasco da Gama), David Datro Fofana (12 million/FK Molde) and João Félix (11 million/loan from Atlético Madrid) round off the field player transfers.
Graham Potter is now spoiled for choice and an extremely large squad to achieve the club’s ambitious goals. Quality and quantity are there, which increases the pressure on the head coach, who succeeded Thomas Tuchel last September and has so far not been very successful in managing the team’s fortunes.
Champions League problem
Chelsea meets Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League. However, BVB does not have to deal with all newcomers. The numerous winter transfers for the Blues bring with them a problem: the registration rules of the premier class only allow a limited number of new players for the knockout phase of the competition.
Only three professionals from the ranks of Mudryk, Félix, Fernández, Madueke and Badiashile can be reported by Chelsea. Potter will choose wisely. So far it is not clear which actors he will do without. Only one attacking force is expected to be registered alongside Badiashile and Fernández to strengthen all parts of the team for European competition as well.
This is how Chelsea could play in the Premier League
