Spend 157 million! Post talks about Blue Army transfer funds: Club World Cup bonus + affiliated company assets for sale

July 1st News With Chelsea reaching an agreement on two other transfers recently, Chelsea's transfer expenses this summer will exceed 157 million pounds. The Daily Mail published an article revealing the origin of Chelsea's transfer funds.

Chelsea introduced Rapp for 30 million pounds and signed Gittens for 55 million pounds, and at the same time reached a 60 million pound agreement for Pedro, and finally signed Saar from Strasbourg for 12 million pounds.

Chelsea's deals were announced in March this year and were based on the introduction of Giovanni Kunda and Dario Essugo from Portugal Sports.

Amid the club's growing concern about the profit and sustainable development rules (PSR), and the spending of £1.3 billion on transfers since the acquisition of Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital in 2022, many fans have raised questions about Chelsea's big spending again.

Chelsea's recent spending will be funded in part by their progress in the Club World Cup. Chelsea have earned about £40 million so far, first based on the entry fee based on the “sports and business standards”, and their 4-1 victory over Benfica in the 16-overtime round brought them £9.6 million alone, and if the team beat Palmeiras in the quarterfinals, they would earn another £15.3 million.

Despite frequent transfer activities in recent seasons, Chelsea has the strongest PSR situation among all Premier League teams when two transfer windows open this summer.

It is reported that Chelsea may lose about £300 million, but it still complies with the Premier League regulations.

This stems from their sale of the women's football team to parent company BlueCo for £198.7 million, the change of ownership was confirmed only two days before the 2023-24 season financial registration deadline.

20 Premier League clubs have chosen to allow teams to create revenue by selling assets to sister companies, and Chelsea has previously sold two hotels to an affiliate for £7,650.

Along with £152.5 million in player sales, the sale of the women's football team helped the club record a net profit of £129.6 million, compared with a loss of £90.1 million in the previous fiscal year.

Despite compliance with Premier League regulations, Chelsea may still violate UEFA's financial regulations, which does not allow clubs to register revenue by selling assets to sister companies.

Chelsea had started a dialogue with UEFA in April, and the most likely result is a fine, not a ban on European competitions.