Chelsea, it is fair to say, have been a better selling club in the past seven years than they have been a buying one. Since the horror window of summer 2018, they have managed to sell £794.5million ($1.02bn) worth of players having spent £1.35billion ($1.74bn) in the same period.
It is of little solace to still be that wasteful and come no closer than a third-place finish in a race for the Premier League, but it is the outgoings that have proved more fruitful than those that have arrived. Highlights of Eden Hazard, Diego Costa, Nemanja Matic and Alvaro Morata for high fees despite their relatively bleak club prospects are standouts.
This window has perhaps been the best since 2018 and 2019 when it comes to sales. £188.6million ($242.2m) worth of first-team players has exited without too much worry. The general consensus was that such a clearout was necessary, there are four players over the age of 30 that have been sold or released with seven of the nine being 27 or older.
