Chelsea owners set sights on Cristiano Ronaldo club with 'serious' transfer plans drawn up
Chelsea owners BlueCo have made their fair share of ripples across football in the year or so they've been in charge of the club, but it seems as though they're only just getting started.
The US investors, headed by Todd Boehly and Behdad Egbhali, won the race to take over the west London outfit in late May of 2022. It put an end to the 19-year reign of Roman Abramovich at the club, following on from his own transformation of English football which started in 2003.
The Russian oligarch spent heavily after his own takeover, though his time at the top would be brought to and end following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The UK government sanctioned Abramovich due to alleged ties to Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin — something he denies.
With the passing of the torch, many were hopeful that the new ownership could continue the club's recent history of winning trophies and competing at the top. That's certainly the plan, though the route that BlueCo have taken the side down to get there is a different one.
A transfer strategy shift has seen the Blues focus more on talent under the age of 25, investing heavily and aggressively into stars for the future. So far, the spending has already eclipsed £1billion in three transfer windows, however a 12th-placed finish and four points from four is all that can be shown from such a large spend.
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The plan at some point will be to have the club in a self-sustaining manner, where such large fees are being spread across several young stars to bring into the first-team rather than on one or two players. The reality of this is that the youngsters will need game time to reach their potential, something the
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