After Chelsea spent over £300million in the January transfer window, there's significant pressure on Graham Potter to secure qualification to the Champions League next season. The Blues are ten points adrift of fourth-place in the Premier League and UEFA's elite club competition is still all to play for.
But, the deadline day arrival of Enzo Fernandez saw the west London side's total spending for season exceed nearly half-a-billion pounds just a few months after being placed on 'watchlist' by UEFA's Club Financial Control Body. In September, the financial watchdog declared that Chelsea were among 19 clubs who only evaded action due to Covid-related exceptions.
And, as a result, said clubs' spending would be 'closely monitored'. Despite this, Todd Boehly has proceed to spend at large but now the Blues are under pressure to make ends meet.
