Chelsea tried to sign £17.5m Liverpool forward this summer as part of £1bn transfer spree
Chelsea beat Liverpool to the signings of both Moises Caicedo and Romeo Lavia, but if they’d had their way, they could have signed one former Red also.
The Londoners would part with a whopping £434.6m as they brought 16 new players to Stamford Bridge this summer. Such an outlay means they have now parted with over £1bn since Todd Bohely’s consortium took over the club last year, having spent £599.6m on 22 new signings last season.
Despite such investment, Chelsea only managed to finish 12th in the Premier League table in 2022-23 as Thomas Tuchel, Graham Potter, Bruno Saltor and Frank Lampard all served as manager and failed to change the tide for the struggling capital-based side. Mauricio Pochettino has since taken over, but has won just one of his first four matches, against newly-promoted Luton Town, with his side sitting 12th after defeats to West Ham United and Nottingham Forest and an opening day draw at home to Jurgen Klopp's men.
Consequently, onlookers have repeatedly joked how a club can spend over £1bn on a team and still be so poor. Yet Chelsea would have spent more this summer, and reportedly made an enquiry for one former Liverpool striker in the final days of the transfer window.
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