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Chelsea buys Fernández – Londoners spend more than entire Bundesliga

600 million mark cracked

After a month of back and forth between Chelsea and Benfica Lisbon, the Blues see it as done on Deadline Day: Enzo Fernández (22) leaves Portugal’s league leaders at the last minute, according to the club’s announcement, for 121 million euros in the direction of London in tenth place in the Premier League and breaks several records. The medical check was carried out in Lisbon due to time constraints before the long-term contract was signed until 2031. The transfer fee must sea ​​Fabrizio Romano be paid off in six installments, starting with 40 million euros.

The Blues’ transfer spending this season has risen to over EUR 600 million – for comparison: all Bundesliga clubs together invested EUR 555 million in 2022/23, just like all LaLiga clubs in total. Up until this winter, no club in the history of football had spent over €400m on transfers in one season. Chelsea are bringing new dimensions off the pitch with new owner Todd Boehly. So does Fernández, because never before has so much been paid for a midfielder.

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20 Jorginho | from Napoli to Chelsea | Transfer fee: €57 million

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Season 2018/19 (status: February 1, 2023)

19 Fred | from Shakhtar to Man United | Transfer fee: €59 million

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Saison 2018/19

15 Oscar | from Chelsea to Shanghai SIPG | Transfer fee: €60 million

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Saison 2016/17

15 Naby Keïta | from RB Leipzig to Liverpool | Transfer fee: €60 million

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Saison 2018/19

15 Tanguy Ndombele | from Lyon to Tottenham | Transfer fee: €60 million

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Saison 2019/20

15 Miralem Pjanic | from Juventus to Barça | Transfer fee: €60 million

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Saison 2020/21

14 Rodri | from Atlético Madrid to Man City | Transfer fee: €62.7 million

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Saison 2019/20

13 Bruno Fernandes | from Sporting to Man United | Transfer fee: €63 million

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Saison 2019/20

12 Kaka | from AC Milan to Real Madrid | Transfer fee: €67 million

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Saison 2009/10

11 Casemiro | from Real Madrid to Man United | Transfer fee: €70.7 million

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Saison 2022/23

10 Thomas Lemar | from Monaco to Atlético Madrid | Transfer fee: €72 million

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Saison 2018/19

9 James Rodríguez | from Monaco to Real Madrid | Transfer fee: €75 million

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Saison 2014/15

7 Kevin De Bruyne | from Wolfsburg to Man City | Transfer fee: €76 million

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Saison 2015/16

7 Arthur | from Barça to Juventus | Transfer fee: €76 million

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Saison 2019/20

6 Zinedine Zidane | from Juventus to Real Madrid | Transfer fee: €77.5 million

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Saison 2001/02

5 Kai Havertz | from Leverkusen to Chelsea | Transfer fee: €80 million

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Saison 2020/21

4 Aurélien Tchouameni | from Monaco to Real Madrid | Transfer fee: €80 million

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Saison 2022/23

3 Frenkie de Jong | from Ajax to Barca | Transfer fee: €86 million

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Saison 2019/20

2 Paul Pogba | from Juventus to Man United | Transfer fee: €105 million

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Saison 2016/17

1 Enzo Fernandez | from Benfica to Chelsea | Transfer fee: €121 million

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Saison 2022/23

The fee paid for the world champion seems even more insane when you consider that Benfica bought him from training club River Plate on July 14, 2022 for just 14 million euros. The Argentines also secured a resale share of 25 percent, so the tills are ringing in Buenos Aires with 30 million euros. Fernandez is the most expensive signing in Premier League history after his transfer, the most expensive midfielder and the most expensive Argentine footballer ever. There were only five changes where more money flowed.

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Despite the rain of money, this departure has a bitter aftertaste for Benfica, because they actually wanted to keep the Argentine until the summer in order to get the most out of the championship and Champions League. The search for a replacement for the midfielder is also no longer necessary on Deadline Day.

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From Balanta to Cancelo: The biggest transfers on Deadline Day

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In this gallery, arrivals and departures are taken into account and listed according to market value.

Eder Balanta | Club Brugge -> Schalke 04 | Market value: €2 million

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loan

Zidan Sertdemir | Leverkusen -> Nordsjaelland | Market value: €2 million

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Koray Günter | Hellas Verona -> Sampdoria | Market value: €4.5 million

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Loan with obligation to buy in case of relegation

Denis Suárez | Celta Vigo -> Espanyol | Market value: $5 million. €

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Rental fee: €200,000

Shon Weissman | Real Valladolid -> Granada | Market value: €5 million

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Rental with obligation to buy

Keylor Navas | PSG -> Nottingham | Market value: €5 million

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loan

Naouirou Ahamada | VfB Stuttgart -> Crystal Palace | Market value: €5.5 million

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Transfer fee: €12 million

Harry Souttar | Stoke City -> Leicester City | Market value: €6 million

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Transfer fee: €17 million

Haris Seferovic | Benfica -> Celta Vigo | Market value: €6 million

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loan

Philip Max | PSV Eindhoven -> Eintracht Frankfurt | Market value: €6 million

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Loan + obligation to buy over €2m

Selim Amallah | Standard Liège -> Real Valladolid | Market value: €6.5 million

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Transfer fee €1m + bonus €1m

Angelo Fulgini | Mainz 05 -> RC Lens | Market value: €9 million

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Loan + obligation to buy over €7.5 million

Thorgan Hazard | BVB -> PSV Eindhoven | Market value: €9 million

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loan

Florian Thauvin | Tigres UANL -> Udinese | Market value: €10 million

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free transfer

Marquinhos | Arsenal -> Norwich City | Market value: €10 million

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loan

Sofiane Boufal | Angers -> Al Rayyan SC | Market value: €10 million

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Transfer fee: €6 million

Diego Llorente | Leeds -> Roma | Market value: €12 million

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Loan fee €500,000, purchase option: €18 million

Sergi Canos | Brentford -> Olympiacos | Market value: €12 million

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loan

Antonin Barak | Hellas Verona -> Fiorentina | Market value: €12 million

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Purchase option drawn: €8.5 million

Saša Lukić | Turin -> Fulham | Market value: 13 Mio. €

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Transfer fee: €9.1 million

Djed Spence | Tottenham -> Rennes Stadium | Market value: €13 million

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loan

Bertrand Traore | Basaksehir -> Aston Villa | Marktwert: 14 Mio. €

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Loan canceled due to injury

Hector Bellerin | Barcelona -> Sporting | Marktwert: 15 Mio. €

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free transfer

Vitinha | Braga -> Marseille | Marktwert: 15 Mio. €

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Transfer fee: €32 million

Albert Sambi Lokonga | Arsenal -> Crystal Palace | Market value: €15 million

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loan

Ilya Zabarnyi | Dynamo Kiew – Bournemouth | Market value: $15 million. €

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Transfer fee: €22.7 million

Terem Moffi | Lorient -> Nice | Market value: €15 million

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Rental fee €2.5m + obligation to buy over €22.5m

Marcel Sabitzer | Bayern -> Man United | Market value: €20 million

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loan

Pedro Porro | Sporting -> Tottenham | Market value: €25 million

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Loan + obligation to buy over €45m

Jorginho | Chelsea -> Arsenal | Market value: €35 million

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Transfer fee: €14.8 million

Enzo Fernandez | Benfica – Chelsea | Market value: $55 million. €

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Transfer fee: €121 million

João Cancelo | Man City -> Bavaria | Market value: €70 million

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€70m loan with option to buy

Chelsea’s unbelievable transfer offensive: 16 signings for over 600 million euros

At club level, the investments made by the US owners around club boss Boehly are unique. In the summer, together with coach Thomas Tuchel, eight new players were brought in, including Raheem Sterling (28), Kalidou Koulibaly (31) and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (33) for EUR 282 million before Tuchel parted ways in September. Graham Potter was signed as a replacement for a fee of around EUR 17.5 million, and he now got eight more players for EUR 328.5 million in the winter.


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Winter transfers such as Mykhaylo Mudryk (22), Benoît Badiashile (21), Noni Madueke (20) and Andrey Santos (18) were also given unusually long contracts until 2030 and 2031, respectively, in order to have the chance to transfer the transfer fees paid over a to write off for a longer period of time. A stylistic device that is often used in US sports and is criticized by many in Europe. “Financial fair play is starting to take a beating and that will limit the ability to sign players at any cost,” Boehly said in July 2022 (quoted via “ESPN“) shortly before the biggest shopping spree in football history.

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13 PSG | 2017/18 | Additions: 5 | Expenditure: 238 million euros

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Balance transfer: -140 million Euros
Status: 1 February 2023

12 United | 2022/23 | Additions: 6 | Expenditure: 243 million euros

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Balance transfer: -230 million Euros

11 Chelsea | 2020/21 | Additions: 7 | Expenditure: 247 million euros

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Balance transfer: -191 million Euros

10 Atlético Madrid | 2019/20 | Additions: 10 | Expenditure: 247 million euros

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Balance transfer: +62 million Euros

9 Real Madrid | 2009/10 | Additions: 8 | Expenditure: 259 million euros

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Balance transfer: -170 million Euros

8 Juventus | 2018/19 | Additions: 9 | Expenditure: 260 million euros

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Balance transfer: -147 million Euros

7 Chelsea | 2017/18 | Additions: 10 | Expenditure: 261 million euros

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Balance transfer: -66 million Euros

6 PSG | 2018/19 | Additions: 6 | Expenditure: 262 million euros

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Balance transfer: -148 million Euros

5 FC Barcelona | 2019/20 | Additions: 8 | Expenditure: 299 million euros

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Balance transfer: -146 million Euros

4 Man City | 2017/18 | Additions: 10 | Expenditure: 318 million euros

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Balance transfer: -226 million Euros

3 Real Madrid | 2019/20 | Additions: 9 | Expenditure: 356 million euros

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Balance transfer: -219 million Euros

2 FC Barcelona | 2017/18 | Additions: 7 | Expenditure: 380 million euros

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Balance transfer: -148 million Euros

1 Chelsea | 2022/23 | Additions: 16 | Expenditure: 611.5 million euros

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Transfer balance: -543.7 million euros | Plus about 17.5 million euros for coach Graham Potter

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