Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital are in it for the long haul at Chelsea. It's why this summer the new ownership group have invested heavily in signing players for the future in addition to the here and now. And it hasn't been done on the cheap, either.
With guidance from the club's long-serving head of youth development Neil Bath and his assistant Jim Fraser, Eddie Beach was first to arrive from Southampton and Omari Hutchinson joined from London rivals Arsenal soon after. The fees for both players were undisclosed.
Gabriel Slonina was next to sign with the young American completing a deal from Chicago Fire worth up to £12 million on Tuesday. That was soon eclipsed by Chelsea agreeing a transfer that could reach £20million for Aston Villa wonderkid Carney Chukwuemeka. The 18-year-old has been handed a six-year contract by the Blues and is expected to be integrated into the first-team set-up.
