Chelsea sells people to a new level, with revenues of 280 million euros, initially achieving balance between revenue and expenditure!

According to Romano and German Biography, Dortmund's deal to buy 21-year-old England midfielder Chukuemeca from Chelsea for 25 million euros has been reached, and the players have flew to Germany for a physical examination. Chukuemeca will be the 12th player Chelsea sold in this summer window, but it will never be the last one! Including Chukuemeca, Chelsea's total revenue for selling people in the summer window will reach 280 million euros, initially achieving a balance of revenue and break-even. If Sterling and Nkunku who may leave the team at any time are added, Chelsea may even make profits in the summer window transfer market, which can be said to be a new level of selling people!

Since Burley and the consortium behind him entered Stamford Bridge in the summer of 2022, Chelsea has launched a new trend of signings in the football world. The main features are three: one is to buy and sell big, and a large number of players will be introduced every season and then sell a batch; the second is that most of the players introduced are young players, generally between the ages of 18 and 23; the third is to sign a 6-8-year long contract with new signing players, and their annual salary is generally low.

Chelsea's recruitment model was once sneered by football, and Burleigh was also ridiculed as a layman who doesn't understand football. Especially after introducing Enzo Fernandez and Kessedo at high prices of more than 100 million euros, he was even called a representative of stupid people and a lot of money. However, after three seasons, other clubs and many fans were surprised to find that Chelsea had achieved initial success both in the field and in financial statements. Their recruitment model may have led the trend of future football transfers and is being emulated by other clubs.

In the summer window of 2022, Chelsea introduced a total of 8 players, the most successful of which was the introduction of 24-year-old Kukurelia for 65.3 million euros. He is still Chelsea's absolute main player, with a net worth of 35 million euros. There are 3 transactions with a small difference in profits and losses. 18 million euros were introduced to the 18-year-old Chukuemeca, who is about to transfer to Dortmund for 25 million euros, with a profit of 7 million euros; 19-year-old Casadai, who transferred to Turin for 13 million euros in February 2025, with a loss of about 2 million euros; 9 million euros were introduced to the 18-year-old Swornina, who is still in the Chelsea team, with a net worth of 3.5 million euros.

4 transactions caused Chelsea to suffer heavy losses. 12 million euros introduced the 33-year-old Aubameyang. After one season, he joined Marseille with a free sign-free signing, and the transfer fee of 12 million euros was wasted. 41.9 million euros were introduced to the 31-year-old Kulibali, who moved to Riyadh Crescent for 23 million euros after playing for one season. 56.2 million euros introduced the 27-year-old Sterling. He made 81 appearances in the first two seasons, contributed 19 goals and 15 assists, and performed well. He was loaned to Arsenal last season and performed averagely. Considering Sterling's weekly salary of 320,000 pounds and a two-year contract, Chelsea now hopes to sell it for 20 million pounds to stop the loss in time. 80.4 million euros were introduced to 21-year-old Weslifofana, but due to injury, he only played 34 games for Chelsea in three seasons, and his value has dropped to 25 million euros. Considering his weekly salary of 200,000 pounds, this may be Chelsea's most loss-making transfer deal in the Burleigh era.

In the winter window of 2023, Chelsea also made extensive purchases in the transfer market, signing a total of 7 players, the oldest was only 22 years old, and all signed long-term contracts of more than 6 years. It can be seen that Chelsea's transfer strategy has basically taken shape at this time. Among them, there are 4 successful transactions, 121 million euros introduced the 22-year-old Enzo Fernandez, currently worth 75 million euros, and is the absolute main force of Chelsea; 35 million euros introduced the 20-year-old Maduaike, who has transferred to Arsenal for 56 million euros in the summer window, making a profit of 21 million euros for Chelsea; 30 million euros introduced the 19-year-old Gustto, and 12.5 million euros introduced the 18-year-old Andre Santos. Both are still in the Chelsea team, and their value has risen to 35 million euros.

There are two more transactions that seem at least not too much failure at the moment. 38 million euros are introduced to the 21-year-old Badiacile, and 12 million euros are introduced to the 20-year-old David Forfana. Both are still in the Chelsea team, the former is worth 22 million euros and the latter is worth 6 million euros. The biggest failure came from Muderick. Chelsea spent 70 million euros to introduce the 22-year-old Ukrainian winger, but last year, it was banned by the FA because it failed to pass the stimulant test. It is unclear when it will come back, and his value has been cleared, but this is an unexpected event.

In the summer window of 2023, Chelsea introduced a total of 11 players, of which 7 of which were very successful: 116 million euros signed the 21-year-old Kessedo, currently the absolute main player of Chelsea's midfielder; 47 million euros signed the 21-year-old Palmer, now worth 120 million euros, is Chelsea's offensive core, which is also Burleigh's most proud deal; 25-year-old goalkeeper Sanchez is currently the main goalkeeper of Chelsea; 37 million euros Signing 22-year-old Jacquesson, currently worth 50 million euros, Chelsea priced him at 80 million euros; signing 19-year-old midfielder Lavia for 62.1 million euros, currently an important rotation player for Chelsea; signing 23-year-old goalkeeper Petrovic for 16 million euros, has transferred to Bournemouth for 28.9 million euros in the summer window; signing 18-year-old Borges for 15 million euros, has already transferred to Riyadh for 23 million euros in September 2024.

The profits and losses of the other three transactions were basically the same. 27 million euros signed 19-year-old Ugoshuku, who had already transferred to Burnley for 28.7 million euros in the summer window; 18-year-old David Washington signed 16 million euros, currently loaned to Santos, worth 8 million euros; 45 million euros signed 25-year-old DiSassi, who is currently worth 22 million euros, and Chelsea is currently selling it for 35 million euros. The only deal that can be called a failure is to sign 25-year-old Nkunku for 60 million euros. He is currently worth 35 million euros and has a weekly salary of 200,000 pounds. He has become a player that Chelsea is trying hard to sell in the summer window. The transfer fee is expected to be around 40 million euros.

In the summer window of 2024, Chelsea signed 11 players again, of which 3 of which can be called successful. 60 million euros signed 24-year-old Neto, who is still the main player in Chelsea's team, worth 50 million euros; 14 million euros signed 20-year-old Vega, who has transferred to Villarreal for 24.5 million euros. Last season, he was loaned to Juventus for 4 million euros, with a total profit of 14.5 million euros; Adarabioyu, who is free of signing from Fulham, is the team's main rotation defender, and is currently worth 20 million euros. There were two transactions that lost money, of which 35.4 million euros signed 25-year-old Hall, who transferred to Everton for 28.6 million euros in the summer window, and the losses were still within the affordable range. Felix, 24, signed 52 million euros, and transferred to Riyadh for 30 million euros in the summer window, with a slightly larger loss.

There are still 6 deals that are successful or not. 24.5 million euros are signed with 22-year-old goalkeeper Jonson, currently a Chelsea substitute goalkeeper, worth 18 million euros; 22.5 million euros are signed with 18-year-old Kellyman, currently worth 1.5 million euros; 20 million euros are signed with 19-year-old Penders, currently loaned to Strasbourg, worth 12 million euros; 19-year-old Anselmino, currently worth 8 million euros; 10.1 million euros are signed with 19-year-old Willy, currently loaned to Watford, worth 8 million euros; 6 million euros are signed with 18-year-old Jiwu, currently loaned to Sunderland, worth 8 million euros.

It can be seen that in the past three seasons, Chelsea has signed nearly 40 players in total, among which the deals of Palmer, Enzo Fernandez, Kessedo, Cucurella and Sanchez can all be considered very successful. The only trades that really fail or suffer serious losses are Aubameyang, Kulibaly, Sterling, Weslifofana, Muderick, Nkunku and Felix. Among them, Weslifffana is due to injury and Muderick is due to off-court reasons. The common feature of the other five players is that they were over 24 years old when they joined Chelsea, and the oldest Aubameyang is already 33 years old. Among the other players who joined Chelsea, even if they didn't play out, they were not old and had a low salary, and they could still sell at a good price, at least they wouldn't lose too much.

In the summer of 2025, Chelsea had spent about 280 million euros to sign seven players, but the oldest of them, Joao Pedro, is only 23 years old, and the youngest is only 18 years old, and generally signed a long-term contract of 6-8 years. In terms of player sales, by selling Maduaike and Felix, they have earned 256 million euros. If the 25 million euros of Chukuemeca to be sold, it will be a balance of revenue and expenditure. If Chelsea can successfully sell players such as Nkunku, Jacquesson and Sterling, they can even make a profit of more than 100 million euros! Which one is really the best selling skills? Look at the Blues in the Premier League!

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