Chelsea have been handed a major transfer boost heading into 2023 as a second of their main targets stalls over signing a new contract at their current club. Todd Boehly has been extremely active in the market to ensure the Blues get a run on potential new players, making up for lost time over the summer.
By the time Boehly was in place as the new co-owner in May, Antonio Rudiger had already agreed to join Real Madrid and key talks with Aurelien Tchouameni, Erling Haaland, Matthijs de Ligt and Robert Lewandowski had already happened. Had things been different, the new regime may have been able to do earlier and more organised work.
That isn't the be all and end all of successful deals though, the young stars signed may turn out to be some of the best business of the bunch, but being on top of the game earlier is an advantage that Chelsea haven't had for a while. They are used to reacting to the market state whilst rivals are seeing three moves ahead.
