In the last decade or so, Chelsea have spent quite a lot of money to challenge for the Premier League and European honours. Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich's initial motive was to rope in some of the best players and challenge for the domestic honours. Inevitably, they have spent a lot of money and have been linked with a number of top players every transfer window. Even after Roman Abramovich's era, Chelsea's new owner Todd Boehly has also opted for the same strategy of spending big and bringing in world class players to the London based club.
There are many top clubs in Premier League, but only handful of them have been more active than Chelsea, in the transfer windows for the past decade. Believe it or not, Chelsea Transfer News would be one of the most written headlines during transfer windows linking them with every young starlet around the world - given the history of the club with young players. The Blues had quite an eventful summer transfer window just like they used to have in the previous seasons. The appointment of English manager Graham Potter as their new manager after sacking Thomas Tuchel from the post has raised eyebrows. However, it wasn't a surprise for football fans as the Blues have a history of showing lack of patience in their managers.
Let's take a look at some of the recent Chelsea Transfer news which includes major signings and departures in the present and past seasons.
Chelsea Transfer News : Signings 2022-23 season
Wesley Fofana was the most expensive buy for Chelsea during the 2022-23 season
Player
Bought From
Transfer Fee
Wesley Fofana
Leicester City
£72.36m
Raheem Sterling
Manchester City
£50.58m
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Barcelona
£10.80m
Marc Cucurella
Brighton
£58.77m
Kalidou Koulibaly
Napoli
£34.20m
Carney Chukwuemeka
Aston Villa
£16.20m
Dennis Zakaria
Juventus
Loan Transfer
Gabriel Slonina
Chicago
£8.18m
Chelsea Transfer News : Signings 2021-22 season
Player
Bought From
Transfer fee
Romelu Lukaku
Inter Milan
£101.70m
Saul Niguez
Atletico Madrid
Loan Transfer
Marcus Bettinelli
Fulham
Free transfer
Chelsea Transfer News : Signings 2020-21 season
Player
Bought From
Transfer fee
Kai Havertz
Bayer Leverkusen
£72.00m
Ben Chilwell
Leicester City
£47.70m
Timo Werner
RB Leipzig
£45.18m
Hakim Ziyech
Ajax
£36.00m
Edouard Mendy
Rennes
£21.60m
Thiago Silva
PSG
Free Transfer
Chelsea Transfer News : Signings 2019-20 season
No new signings because of Transfer Ban
Chelsea Transfer News : Signings 2018-19 season
Player
Bought From
Transfer Fee
Christian Pulisic
Borussia Dortmund
£57.6
Gonzalo Higuain
Juventus
on Loan
Jorginho
Napoli
£57m
Robert Green
Huddersfield
Free Transfer
Kepa
Athletic Bilbao
£71m
Mateo Kovacic
Real Madrid
on Loan
Chelsea Transfer News : Signings 2017-18 season
Player
Bought From
Fee
Alvaro Morata
Real Madrid
£59m
Tiemoue Bakayoko
AS Monaco
£40m
Danny Drinkwater
Leicester City
£35m
Antonio Rudiger
AS Roma
£34m
Davide Zappacosta
Torino
£23m
Olivier Giroud
Arsenal
£18m
Ross Barkley
Everton
£15m
Ethan Ampadu
Exeter
Undisclosed
Willy Caballero
Manchester City
Free
Chelsea Transfer News : Recent Departures (2022-23)
Lukaku went back to Italy after just playing one season at Chelsea
Player
Sold To
Transfer fee
Romelu Lukaku
Inter Milan
Loan transfer
Timo Werner
RB Leipzig
£18.00m
Emerson
West Ham
£13.86m
Billy Gimour
Brighton
£7.50m
Marco Alonso
Barcelona
Free transfer
Andreas Christensen
Barcelona
Free transfer
Chelsea Transfer News : Recent Departures (2021-22)
Player
Sold To
Transfer fee
Tammy Abraham
AS Roma
£36.00m
Kurt Zouma
West Ham
£31.50m
Fikayo Tomori
AC Milan
£25.92m
Davide Zappacosta
Atalanta BC
£5.40m
Oliver Giroud
AC Milan
Free transfer
Chelsea Transfer News : Recent Departures (2020-21)
Player
Sold To
Transfer fee
Alvaro Morata
Atletico Madrid
£31.50m
Willian
Arsenal
Free Transfer
Mario Pasalic
Atalanta
£13.05m
Pedro
AS Roma
Free transfer
Chelsea Transfer News : Recent Departures (2019-20)
Player
Sold To
Fee
Eden Hazard
Real Madrid
£88.5
Chelsea Transfer News : Departures (2018-19)
Player
Sold To
Fee
Cesc Fabregas
AS Monaco
Free
Thibaut Courtois
Real Madrid
£35m
Chelsea Transfer News : Departures (2017-18)
Player
Sold To
Fee
Diego Costa
Atletico Madrid
£57m
Nemanja Matic
Manchester United
£40m
Nathan Ake
Bournemouth
£20m
Juan Cuadrado
Juventus
£16m
Asmir Begovic
Bournemouth
Undisclosed
Bertrand Traore
Olympique Lyon
£8.8m
Chelsea Transfer News : All-time Record Signings
Lukaku ended up being the most expensive signing of Chelsea's history during the 2021-22 transfer window
Player
Transfer Fee
Romelu Lukaku
£101.70m
Wesley Fofana
£72.36m
Kai Havertz
£72.00m
Kepa
£71m
Alvaro Morata
£59m
Marc Cucurella
£58.77m
Chelsea Transfers : All-time Record Departures
Eden Hazard became the most expensive departure at Chelsea when he moved to Real Madrid
Player
Transfer Fee
Eden Hazard
£103.50m
Diego Costa
£54.00m
Oscar
£54m
David Luiz
£45m
Nemanja Matic
£40m
Tammy Abraham
£36m
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