More buys and sells more. Chelsea has entered the taxi 2.0 mode, leading the new trend of football transfers

After three years of running-in, Chelsea under Burleigh is gradually getting on track in all aspects. Last season, the Premier League won fourth place and qualified for the Champions League, which is the best ranking of Chelsea in the Premier League in the Burleigh era; in addition, Chelsea also defeated the Champions League champion Paris Saint-Germain 3-0 in the Club World Cup that ended not long ago, winning the first Club World Cup after the reorganization. In terms of player transfers, although Chelsea continues to maintain high investment in the summer window and has spent about 240 million euros to introduce 7 young players so far, but by selling redundant players, it has also earned 120 million euros. And if players such as Jacquesson, Felix, Nkunku are successfully sold, Chelsea may even make a profit in the summer window transfer market.

On May 30, 2022, the US consortium led by Burleigh completed the acquisition of Chelsea Club for about 4.25 billion pounds. Burleigh became the new chairman of the Chelsea Club and was fully responsible for the club's transfer transactions. In the summer of 2022, Chelsea completed a total of 8 signings, with a total investment of up to 298 million euros, and signed Weslifofana, Cucurella, Sterling, Culibali, Chukuuemka, Casadai and Aubameyang. At this time, Chelsea's transfer strategy was still relatively vague. Among the eight players were veterans like Aubameyang, 33-year-old Coolibali, 31-year-old Sterling, 27-year-old Kukurelia, 24-year-old, but four young players, 21-year-old Fofana, 19-year-old Casadei, 18-year-old Chukuemeca and 18-year-old Swornina, still occupy half of the territory.

In terms of selling players, Chelsea earned a total of 47.7 million euros by selling five players, Werner, Emerson, Gilmore, Bashuai and Kennedy, and the net expenditure in the summer window was as high as 250 million euros. In addition, players such as Rudiger, Christensen, Barkley and Marcos Alonso all left the team for free in the summer window. Now, among the eight players introduced in that summer window, Kulibali, Aubameyang and Casadai have all left the team. Sterling, Chukuemeka and Swornina were all loaned out last season, and only Kukurelia is the absolute main force of the team. Due to injury, Fufana only played 14 times for the team last season, but all of them started.

In January 2023, Chelsea ushered in a very crazy winter window. They signed 8 players including Enzo Fernandez, Muderick, Badiacile, Maduaike, Gusto, Andre Santos, David Forfana and Felix, with a total investment of up to 330 million euros! Among them, the oldest is 23-year-old Felix, and the youngest is 18-year-old Andre Santos. Chelsea's trend of signing younger players is even more obvious! In terms of revenue, just by selling Jorginho, the net investment is still as high as 320 million euros! Among these 8 signings, Enzo Fernandez is now Chelsea's absolute main force, Maduaike is the main force in the forward line (joining Arsenal after transfer in the summer window), Badiacile and Gusto are important rotation players, Muderick has become absolute substitutes, Andre Santos, David Forfana and Felix were all loaned out last season.

2022-2023 season winter and summer windows, Chelsea's total investment in signings in the transfer market was as high as 628 million euros, the sales of players' income was about 60 million euros, and the net investment was as high as 568 million euros! But what about the results? Chelsea slipped from the third place in the Premier League in the 2021-2022 season to the 12th place in the light! At that time, there was another criticism that many of these young players signed by Chelsea provided 6 or even 8 years of long contracts, so they were ridiculed by fans and even industry insiders for providing these players with a strong job, and they would be smashed in their hands in the future.

In the summer window of 2023, Burley became even worse and signed 12 players, including Kesedo, Lavia, Nkunku, Palmer, Disasi, Jacquesson, Ugoshuku, Robert Sanchez, Petrovic, Washington, Borges and Morela. The oldest were 25-year-old Disasi and Robert Sanchez, and the youngest were 18-year-old Washington and Borges, with a total cost of up to 464 million euros! This summer, Chelsea also sold nine players including Havertz, Mount, Kovacic, Kulibali (losing 19 million euros), Pulisic, Chick, Mendy and Odoi, with a total revenue of 264 million euros. In addition, players such as Aubameyang (losing 12 million euros), Baccaryoko, Aspiricueta and Kante left the team without a sign-off.

Among these players, Kessetdo, Palmer, Jacquesson and Robert Sanchez were all the absolute main players of Chelsea last season. Lavia was the team's main substitute, while Nkunku, Disasi, Washington and Ugoshuku were all loaned last season. Petrovic has transferred to Bournemouth, and Borges has transferred to Riyadh to win. Although Chelsea did not make a transfer transaction in the winter window of January 2024, Chelsea's net investment in signings in the transfer market this season is still as high as 200 million euros, but the yield rate has increased significantly compared with last season. In addition, Chelsea won 6th place in the Premier League in 2023-2024, which has been significantly improved compared with last season. Chelsea has begun to move towards an upward channel, but it has not been noticed by most people. The Internet is still a hot topic of queuing in Chelsea's canteen and training ground.

In the summer window of 2024, Chelsea once again introduced 10 players, including Neto, Felix, Hall, Jonson, Kellyman, Penders, Anselmino, Vega, Willy and Giu, and introduced Amuku in the winter window, with a total investment of 276 million euros.. However, by selling players such as Mattson, Gallagher, Lewis Hall, Lukaku, Hutchinson, Borges (profit of 8 million euros), Morela (profit of 8.5 million euros) and Casedei (losing of 2 million euros), a total of 175 million euros, and a net investment of about 101 million euros in the season's transfer, which has been greatly reduced from the previous two seasons. In addition, Thiago Silva, Ziyech and Marangsal all left the team this season. So far, except for Rees James, Chilwell, Charoba and Bloya, the rest of the Chelsea players during the Abu period have been completely wiped out. In the 2024-2025 season, in addition to the continuous decline in net investment in the transfer market, Chelsea's competitive performance is more important. They won the fourth place in the Premier League and the UEFA United Cup. They not only qualified for the UEFA Champions League next season, but also defeated the arrogant UEFA Champions League champion Paris Saint-Germain in the final of the Club World Cup and won the Club World Cup. This is also the first and second important championship won by Chelsea in the Burleigh era. Since the summer window of 2025 opened (including the special transfer window of the Club World Cup), Chelsea has introduced seven young players including Gittens, João Pedro, Drapp, Estewan, Essugo, Mamadusal and Pes, with a total investment of about 244 million euros. Among them, João Pedro, the oldest, is only 23 years old, and the contract has been signed in June 2033. In terms of selling people, by selling Maduaike (profit of 20.4 million euros), Petrovic (profit of 12.9 million euros), Amuku, Humphreys, Kepa and Bettinelli, it has earned 122 million euros, with a net investment of 122 million euros. But next, players such as Jacquesson (worth 50 million euros), Felix, Nkunku (worth 35 million euros), Broya, Ugoshuku, Chukuemeka, Chilwell and Charoba may leave the team. Chelsea's revenue of another 200 million euros is not a problem, and it will achieve the first turnaround of Burleigh era in the transfer market.

From May 2022 to July 2027, the US consortium led by Burleigh has entered Chelsea for its fourth season. Their investment in the transfer market has exceeded 1.6 billion euros. At the same time, by selling players (mainly old players in the Abu era), it has also earned about 600 million euros, with a net investment of about 1 billion euros in four seasons! With such continuous high investment, Chelsea has returned to its original level in competitive performance, while the team's player assets are constantly appreciating. Currently, Chelsea's first-team has as many as 43 players, with a total value of 1.26 billion euros, higher than Liverpool and Arsenal, second only to Manchester City. Moreover, among these 43 players, the oldest is Sterling, 30 years old, with only 12 players aged 25 and above, and as many as 17 players aged 21 and under, making it the lowest average age team in European giants!

Before the start of the new season, Chelsea will definitely continue to sell or rent out redundant players in the team, keeping the number of first-team players at around 28-32, which means at least 11 players left the team. If there are signings in the transfer market, the number of players leaving the team will be more. Since Chelsea signed players in the past three years are young people around 20 years old, even if they can't play at Chelsea, they will come back after loaning other teams. The players' value will not drop but rise, and they will still make profits when they sell it. Moreover, when Chelsea signed a contract, they signed a 6-8-year long contract with the players. They are not afraid that the players will yell at you to increase their salary in two or three years and will not agree, and they will wait until the contract expires next year and the year after that, and leave the team without a sign.

In the Abu era, Chelsea enjoyed the title of "taxi". Today, Burleigh is even better. Chelsea has also entered the "taxi 2.0 mode", leading a new trend in football transfers. When seeing Chelsea gaining something in both the athletics and economics, giants including Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City have also begun to follow Chelsea and embark on this favorite path for FM players.

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