Chelsea fans will finally get their transfer wish this summer

Chelsea fans will finally get their transfer wish this summer

Chelsea will finally answer the prayers of their fans this summer by changing a key transfer policy that has come in for heavy criticism this season.

Since Clearlake Capital took over the club in 2022, the Blues have spent around £1.5 billion on new signings.

It’s an absolutely astonishing figure, the kind of money most supporters wish their team could spend on improving the squad. But the Chelsea fan base have been very vocal in their dissatisfaction with how it has been spent.

Under the guidance of co-owners Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali, Chelsea have focused primarily on signing young players who have high resale value. While this has helped keep the club in line with the Premier League’s spending rules, it has not helped them challenge for the title or the UEFA Champions League.

Marc Cucurella recently suggested that the team lacked experience when they were knocked out of Europe by PSG as a result of the club’s transfer strategy. 

It now appears that Chelsea will address those concerns in this summer’s transfer window.

Chelsea fans will finally get their transfer wish this summer

In an interview with Sky Sports, Eghbali revealed that they will look to “add more ready-made players” to take the squad to “the next level” and challenge for major honours.

“The view was to recruit and build elite players that can, frankly, be together and have that stability in the squad. We’re still in the 40th, 50th minute of that process,” he said.

“But the view is to keep, sign and retain and compensate and extend some of the world’s best players, and ultimately the view was you need, eight, 10, 12, 15 elite players to win and win sustainably, year after year.

“I think we’ve done a few things right, a lot of things right. We’ve got to be better on a few things, to add more ready-made players at this part of the project, to take it to the next level, to be consistent over time.”