Chelsea were by far the busiest Premier League club in the summer transfer window, spending close to £300million on eight new signings.
The defence was a key area to reinforce ahead of the 2022/23 campaign after the Blues had lost Andreas Christensen and Antonio Rudiger on free transfers. Wesley Fofana, Marc Cucurella and Kalidou Koulibaly all arrived for a combined fee in the region of £165million, whilst Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Denis Zakaria both arrived on Deadline Day.
Thomas Tuchel passed up the chance to strengthen his attack with the signing of Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United, with Raheem Sterling signing from Manchester City instead. Boehly then took the decision to sack Tuchel just days after Deadline Day, leaving Graham Potter to inherit the overhauled squad with Chelsea now sitting eighth in the Premier League table heading into the World Cup break.
