Arsenal will try to take advantage of Chelsea’s growing need to trim their squad to comply with Financial Fair Play rules by pursuing Callum Hudson-Odoi in the summer.
Chelsea signed Enzo Fernandez, Mykhaylo Mudryk, Joao Felix, Benoit Badashile, Malo Gusto, Andrey Santos, Noni Madueke and David Datro Fofana in the January transfer window. They spent north of £300million on transfers in January to take their total spend since Todd Boehly’s consortium completed their takeover in May to over £500m, with 16 permanent arrivals and two loanees signed.
The Blues need to offload players to balance the books, with UEFA tightening its rules on amortisation – the method Chelsea have used to spread out transfer fees over the length of player contracts – this summer. Rival clubs are now circling, plotting moves for players on the fringes of Graham Potter’s squad.
