Chelsea’s rampage in the market is confusing again – here are the Premier League’s most expensive transfers of the summer | Sport

The London club Chelsea FC has signed new contracts during the summer for almost 217 million euros.

The English Premier League season starts on Friday, August 16.

During the summer, several European football clubs have once again spent money in abundance, but one team is once again above the rest – Chelsea FC. The London club spent nearly 217 million euros on new player acquisitions during the summer.

Chelsea have been the most active of Europe’s top clubs, having already signed 12 players in the current summer transfer window.

During this summer the team has signed 12 new contracts for almost 217 million euros. American Todd Boehly during the two years of ownership, the group has acquired a total of 35 new players.

The most recent and most expensive signing is the 24-year-old striker Pedro Netowho moved to Chelsea from another Premier League club, Wolverhampton. Chelsea paid 63.1 million euros for the transfer of the Portuguese.

At the beginning of July, the team bought Leicester’s midfielder for big money Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall. The transfer fee for the 25-year-old Englishman was over 35 million euros.

Chelsea has recruited relatively young players to their team during the summer. The average age of players signed in the summer is under 21 years. According to Transfermarkt, the average age of the entire team is only 23.1 years.

Football reporter Rory Smith criticize the team on a BBC radio broadcast excessive use of money and its consequences.

– Chelsea’s fundamentally stupid business destabilizes the whole of football.

The size of the team playing in the Premier League must be 25 players after the end of the summer transfer window. Chelsea have enough players, because Enzo Maresca there are currently 45 players in the group he is piloting.

Chelsea finished sixth in the Premier League last season.