T he begin of the blog post-Roman Abramovich age is confirming harsh at theStamford Bridge Chelsea have actually won simply among their last 8 Premier League video games and also they are 10th in the table, 10 factors off the Champions League places and also 19 factors off leaders Arsenal despite brand-new proprietor Todd Boehly having actually invested huge considering that taking control of.
At completion of May, the American consortium that contains Boehly, Behdad Eghbali, Mark Walter and also Hansjoerg Wyss obtained the club for almost 5 billioneuros
And it took much less than 4 months for the Los Angeles Lakers investor and also Dodgers proprietor to transform points at the Blues.
Chairman Bruce Buck, showing off supervisor Marina Granovskaia and also technological consultant Petr Cech all left in the summertime from a club that after that discharged Champions League- winning train Thomas Tuchel and also authorizedGraham Potter in September
“As the new ownership group reaches 100 days since taking over the Club, and as it continues its hard work to take the club forward, the new owners believe it is the right time to make this transition,” a Chelsea declaration checked out at the time.
“Chelsea‘s coaching staff will take charge of the team for training and the preparation of our upcoming matches as the Club moves swiftly to appoint a new head coach.”
Boehly ended up being the acting showing off supervisor and also Christopher Vivell was selected as technological supervisorin December What hasn’t transformed is that Chelsea are still investing huge to authorize gamers.
“Chelsea are building the most exciting project in global football and I’m extremely proud to be joining the club,” stated Vivell.
“There is so much potential for the club to continue to succeed, develop and grow. Under the new ownership, Graham Potter and the broader sporting team, there is a clear and sustainable philosophy underpinned by performance analysis, data and innovation, and I am looking forward to playing a part in that.”
The Blues have actually invested 332 million euros on transfers considering that Boehly‘s arrival seven months back. The most recent gamer to show up was Benoit Badiashile, that signed up with for 38m euros from Monaco in the club’s proposal to enhance a protection which currently flaunts Wesley Fofana, that signed up with from Leicester City for 80m euros, in addition to Marc Cucurella (Brighton, 65m euros) and also Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli, 38m euros).
Chelsea spent as lots of as 282m euros in signings last summertime to bring in Raheem Sterling (Manchester City, 56m euros), Carney Chukwuemeka (Aston Villa, 18m euros), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Barcelona, 12m euros), Gabriel Slonina (Chicago Fire, 9 million euros) and also Denis Zakaria (on funding from Juventus).
Meanwhile, they made simply 56m euros after unloading Timo Werner ( RB Leipzig), Emerson Palmieri (West Ham), Billy Gilmour (Brighton), Romelu Lukaku (Inter), Michy Batshuayi (Fenerbahce), Antonio Rudiger (Real Madrid), Andreas Christensen and also Marcos Alonso (Barcelona).
Kings of the marketplace
Manchester United ( 240m euros), West Ham (182m euros), Tottenham Hotspur ( 170m euros) and also Nottingham Forest ( 162m euros) have actually additionally invested huge, yet none of these clubs have actually sprinkled out the numbers that Chelsea have actually spent in the last months.
“I’m the head coach so my responsibility is to the players that are here and then we’ll try to improve in every window,” Potter kept in mind.
“January is a complicated one because it’s the middle of the season and in the meantime, we have to deal with all the noise of Chelsea being linked with everybody.”
For the moment being, Chelsea have actually additionally put Benfica midfielder Enzo Fernandez and also Shakhtar Donetsk ahead Mykhailo Mudryk on their radar.
As for the ‘Abramovich age’ in between 2003 and also 2022, the club spent 2,340 million euros in signings, with their document in one period being back in 2017/18, when they spent 260m euros in signings.
