The takeover of Chelsea by Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital last year sparked spending in the transfer market the likes of which the English game had not seen before.
Some £600m has been spent across two transfer windows since Chelsea came under US ownership, with Boehly, Clearlake and other minority investors such as Hansjoerg Wyss winning a fierce bidding war last year to take on the club for £2.5bn in the wake of the forced sale of the club from former owner Roman Abramovich due to UK government sanctions.
Players such as Enzo Fernandez, Mykhailo Mudryk, Nordi Mukiele, Benoit Badiashile, Raheem Sterling, Kalidou Koulibaly and others joined, while a deal was agreed in December to bring in highly rated RB Leipzig forward Christopher Nkunku this summer.
