Chelsea finished third last season behind runners-up Liverpool and Champions Manchester City, in a season during which the Blues often seemed less than capable of beating opponents they should have. Chelsea manager José Mourinho dubbed the squad “a little horse” last season, implying that they were underdogs in the race for the title. It came as no surprise, then, when halfway through last season the transfer rumor mill had already began suggesting players the London giants would or would not sign. Coming up short in the Premier league and in the Champions League, losing to eventual runners-up Atletico Madrid, certainly got the wheels in motion in the Chelsea boardroom. Here’s the rundown on the Blues’ busy summer transfer window.
Transfers In
Arguably Chelsea’s best arena of business this summer has been in signing key players to fill positions vacated. Chelsea’s midfield and attack have been notably bolstered with new faces Diego Costa, Loic Remy, Didier Drogba and Cesc Fabregas, while their defense has been shored up with new signing Filipe Luis.
Diego Costa – 38 million Euros, from Atletico Madrid
Cesc Fabregas – 33 million Euros, from Barcelona
Filipe Luis – 20 million Euros, from Atletico Madrid
Mario Pasalic – 2.5 million Euros, from Hadjuk Split
Loic Remy – 13.2 million Euros, from QPR
Didier Drogba – Free Transfer
Transfers Out
Equally as impressive as the transfers they have brought in, is how the Blues were able to afford doing so. The sales of David Luiz and Romelu Lukaku provided the capital used to purchase Costa, Fabregas and Luis keeping the Londoners on a relatively even keel of spending.
David Luiz – 49.5 million Euros
Romelu Lukaku – 35.36 million Euros
Demba Ba – 6 million Euros
Patrick Van Aanholt – 2 million Euros
George Saville – 1.25 million Euros
Loans
Each season, Chelsea send out numerous players on loan. Having somewhat of an embarrassment of riches in attack and midfield, the Blues often loan out such players in order for them to get the necessary experience to challenge for a position in the first team. Most notable of such transfers is that of Fernando Torres, the £50 million pound flop and record signing from Liverpool, who is finally on his way out of Chelsea to join Italian side AC Milan.
Fernando Torres – two-year loan, AC Milan
Marco Van Ginkel – season-long loan, AC Milan
Christian Atsu – season-long loan, Everton
Patrick Bamford – loan until January 1, Middlesbrough
Ryan Bertrand – season-long loan, Southampton
Gael Kakuta – season-long loan, Rayo Vallecano
Thorgan Hazard – season-long loan, Borussia Monchengladbach
Thomas Kalas – season-long loan, Cologne
Victor Moses – season-long loan, Stoke City
Marko Marin – season-long loan, Fiorentina
Kenneth Omeruo – season-long loan, Middlesbrough
Mario Pasalic – season-long loan, Elche
Josh McEachran – season-long loan, Vitesse Arnhem
Stipe Perica – season-long loan, NAC Breda
John Swift – season-long loan, Rotherham United
Oriol Romeu – season-long loan, Stuttgart
Wallace – season-long loan, Vitesse Arnhem
Nathaniel Chalobah – loan until January 2, Burnley
Bertrand Traore – season-long loan, Vitesse Arnhem
Islam Feruz – season-long loan, OFI Crete
Matej Delac – season-long loan, Arles-Avignon
Ulises Davila – season-long loan, Tenerife
Jhoao Rodriguez – season-long loan, Bastia
Total Earnings: 97.01 million Euros
Total Expenditure: 106.7 million Euros
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