Todd Boehly has spent more than 400 million pounds on player transfers and other personnel since he bought Chelsea FC.
The Twitter cartoon that has gone viral and begins with Todd Boehly offering 400 million dollars for Enzo Fernandez of Benfica because “he has just won a World Series” is cruel, to say the least.
On the other hand, the game that took place last Saturday gave the impression that Boehly has genuinely financed an exciting new team in the middle of the season, one that should finish the season in better shape than the one that began it.
Road-tested against Liverpool, Chelsea 2023 had more legs, more energy, and more potential than the turgid, leaky underachievers who lost seven of their 10 games between October 29 and January 12, including the one at Liverpool.
After frustrating Arsenal with his £88.5 million price tag, winger Mykaylo Mudryk displayed enough to thrill both fans of his team and neutral observers. Benoit Badiashile, the defender, looked very good playing with Thiago Silva on the back line, and Kai Havertz looked more energized playing in the false nine position.
When Chelsea gets full-backs Ben Chilwell and Reece James back from injury, when Joao Felix returns to the lineup up front after serving his suspension, and when they add a defensive midfielder, they could be in position to climb back up the league.
The fact of the matter is that there is just one week left until the transfer window closes, which means that more than a few of the players who have a low chance of making the club’s 25-man Premier League squad will be joining the mad dash for the exit door.
The likes of striker Timo Werner, winger Callum Hudson-Odoi, and left-back Marcos Alonso all read the tea leaves and left the team during the summer of 2017 while they still had the opportunity.
Mostly due to the fact that nothing is transparent with regard to the decision-making process at Stamford Bridge. Especially considering that the club brought a total of 25 players to their warm-weather training camp in Abu Dhabi during the World Cup, 12 of whom were academy players.
Lewis Hall, who plays left defense, has been outstanding since joining the Premier League, while Omari Hutchinson, who plays wing, was involved in both of Manchester City’s defeats in the Premier League and the FA Cup. The more experienced players on Chelsea’s roster may therefore be excused for weighing their alternatives. amidst the changing sands at Stamford Bridge.
Everton striker Anthony Gordon, Everton midfielder Amadou Onana, and Lyon right back Malo Gusto are among the players the club is interested in signing. As an added precaution, Chelsea is planning to resume negotiations with Benfica over the transfer of their 100 million pound midfielder Enzo Fernandez.
That ought to be it for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who you’d expect will be leading the exodus in quest of regular first-team play. At the very least, this should be the end of things for him. However, Ivorian attacker David Datro Fofana still has a chance to remain in order to acclimate himself to the football played in England rather than being sent out on loan.
After being denied the opportunity to move to AC Milan in the summer, winger Hakim Ziyech is drawing interest from a number of different clubs. When he started at Anfield the previous Saturday, he gave off more of the impression of the Qatari model who had dazzled with Morocco.
He is also unlikely to accept staying beyond this window with Chelsea having brought in Mykhailo Mudryk and Noni Madueke to join Raheem Sterling and Christian Pulisic. This makes it even less likely that he will accept staying.
Despite the fact that there is speculation that Sterling may already be superfluous to requirements as a result of the current intake of players, you can bet that Potter will be pleading with the club to let him keep his extensive experience of winning four Premier League titles.
Pulisic simply hasn’t shown the consistency required to command a regular first-team position, and it’s been said that Newcastle is one of the clubs interested in signing him.
The number of players that Chelsea has in the middle of the field is too high to count. However, it is quite interesting to note that they do not yet have one who is equal to Ngolo Kante; this is the reason why they are interested in Caicedo and Onana.
A club like West Ham United, Everton, Leicester City, or Aston Villa would be wise to explore the possibility of loaning Ruben Loftus Cheek for the second half of the current season. Also, Conor Gallagher, who has had a hard time breaking into the starting lineup on a consistent basis. He can count on Palace to come through for him.
Andrey Santos, a Brazilian adolescent who plays for Chelsea and was just signed earlier this month from Vasco da Gama for an initial fee of £13 million plus a further £7 million in add-ons, will be a target for clubs all over Europe as they wait for the go-ahead to make a move for him.
Jorginho is expected to live until the summer, although he has shown signs of the age he is (31) and his current contract will expire at the end of the current campaign.
Cesar Azpilicueta will have had the blow of being denied the opportunity to join Barcelona last summer tempered by the hefty new deal he was awarded at the age of 33. This will have been especially helpful for him in the defense.
Trevoh Chalobah has been shaky recently, and he will almost surely be wondering where he stands once Wesley Fofana returns from injury in the next two to three weeks. He may wait until the summer to make a decision regarding his future, but it is possible that he will wait until then.
Although Kalidou Koulibaly, who was acquired by the club in a deal worth £33 million and came from Napoli, is presently warming the bench, you can bet that Chelsea and Potter will want to utilize his experience in the Champions League.
Kepa and Mendy will not be permitted to leave the club this month, but the summer promises to be an intriguing time because both players have struggled to find their footing over the course of this season.
Gabriel Slonina, who was just 18 years old when he moved to Chelsea from MLS club Chicago Fire for a reported fee of £12 million, is already in training with the Blues, who have demonstrated that they are not fazed by their history of excessive spending. They are also huge supporters of the goalkeeper for Brentford, David Raya.