Now under the American flag, Chelsea is dynamising the winter transfer window with several very expensive recruitments. While the English club does not hesitate to sign long contracts, UEFA will take a first step to calm the enthusiasm of the leaders of the Blues.
Todd Boehly has been generous since joining Chelsea.
€460.49 million. This is the amount, excluding bonuses, of investments made by Todd Boehly since the takeover of Chelsea last June.
Wesley Fofana (€80.4m), Mykhaylo Mudryk (€70m), Marc Cucurella (€65.3m), Raheem Sterling (€56.2m), Benot Badiashile (€38m), Kalidou Koulibaly (38 M€), Noni Madueke (35 M€), Carney Chukwuemeka (18 M€), Andrey Santos (12.5 M€), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (12 M€), David Datro Fofana (12 M€), Gabriel Slonina (9.09 M€) without counting the paying loans of Joao Flix (11 M€) and Denis Zakaria (3 M€), the Blues do not stop.
Very long contracts
A spending madness which should also continue in the days to come since there is talk of an agreement with Olympique Lyonnais for the transfer of Malo Gusto for 40 million euros while Graham Potter wants to find his former environment Brighton, Moses Caicedo, for whom a check for 74 million euros could be offered. Millions flowing and which put the chip in the ear of many leaders of English football, but especially of UEFA.
Indeed, the Daily Mail explains that several British training decision-makers have denounced the contract duration of the latest recruits. Chukwuemeka and Cucurella signed until June 2028, the two Fofana signed until June 2029, Badiashile and Madueke until June 2030 while Mudryk signed an 8 and a half year lease, i.e. until June 2031 ! A technique that allows the resident of Stamford Bridge to spread the payment of transfers over several years in order to stay in the nails of financial fair play.
5 years max
To counter this little ruse which serves Chelsea enormously, reputed to have a very large number of players under contract and this even during the Abramovich era, the European body will therefore reduce the duration of recruitment of recruits by limiting it to five. years max. A way to encourage all teams likely to play with the rules to reduce heavy investments with the obligation to pay compensation over a shorter period. Effectiveness guaranteed?
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