Twelve signings, £243m spent - what is going on at Chelsea?

Chelsea are dominating different transportation window.

This will beryllium nan 3rd successive summertime transportation model since nan 2022 takeover by co-controlling owners Behdad Eghbali and Todd Boehly erstwhile Chelsea person outspent rivals, signed nan astir players and looked to offload those from nan erstwhile regime.

A flurry of Friday transportation activity, including a £54m woody to motion Wolves guardant Neto, intends Chelsea look group to make 12 summertime signings pinch an mean property of nether 21, spending £243m since June 14 and bulking up their squad to much than 50 elder players.

Some of those who person joined will spell consecutive backmost retired connected indebtedness and much will beryllium sold earlier nan 30 August transportation model deadline.

But galore fans are wondering if this is 1 of nan biggest Premier League squads ever assembled.

Since nan Clearlake Capital and Boehly takeover, Chelsea person spent much than £1.5bn connected transfers, progressively pinch a younger floor plan aimed astatine early re-sale value, apparently stockpiling potential.

BBC Sport attempts to break it each down.

Goalkeepers (8)

Filip Jorgensen, 22, signed for £21m; Robert Sanchez, 26, £25m; Djordje Petrovic, 24, £14m (available connected loan); Kepa Arrizabalaga, 29, £72m* (for sale); Marcus Bettinelli, 32, free*; Mike Penders, 19, £17m (on loan) not yet confirmed; Gabriel Slonina, 20, £9m (available connected loan); Lucas Bergstrom, 21, undisclosed* (for sale/loan).

Full-backs (7)

Reece James, right, 24, academy; Marc Cucurella, left, 26, £62m; Ben Chilwell, left, 27, £45m*; Renato Veiga, left, 12, £12m; Malo Gusto, 21, right, £30m; Josh Acheampong, right, 18, academy; Caleb Wiley, left, 19, £9m (on loan).

Centre-backs (9)

Axel Disasi, 26, £39m; Wesley Fofana, 23, £75m; Levi Colwill, 21, academy; Tosin Adarabioyo, 26, free; Benoit Badiashile, 23, £33m; Trevoh Chalobah, 25, academy (for sale); Aaron Anselmino, 19, £16 (on loan); Alfie Gilchrist, 20, academy (on loan); Bashir Humphreys, 21, academy (for sale/loan).

Midfielders (15)

Enzo Fernandez, 23, £107m; Moises Caicedo, 22, £115m; Christopher Nkunku, 26, £52m; Omari Kellyman, 19, £19m; Cesare Casadei, 21, £17m; Lesley Ugochukwu, 20, £23m; Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, 25, £30m; Romeo Lavia, 20, £53m; Carney Chukwuemeka, 20, £20m; Tino Anjorin, 22, academy (available for sale/loan); Andrey Santos, 20, £18m (on loan); Kendry Paez, 17, £17m (on loan); Alex Matos, 19, free; Jimi Tauriainen, 20, undisclosed* (available connected loan); Leo Castledine, 18, academy (available connected loan).

Wingers (9)

Mykhailo Mudryk, left, 23, £89m; Raheem Sterling, left, 29, £48m; Pedro Neto, left, 24, £54m (not confirmed); Cole Palmer, right, 22, £43m; Noni Madueke, right, 22, £29m; Estaevo Willian, right, 17, £51m (on loan); Angelo Gabriel, right, 19, £13m (available connected loan); Harvey Vale, 20, academy (for sale/loan); Diego Moreira, 20, free.

Strikers (8)

Romelu Lukaku, 31, £100m*; Nicolas Jackson, 23, £32m; Samu Omorodion, 20, £35m (not confirmed); David Datro Fofana, 21, £11m (for sale); Deivid Washington, 19, £17m; Marc Guiu, 18, £5m; Mason Burstow, 21, £1.5m* (for sale/loan); Armando Broja, 22, academy (for sale).

Total, including loanees: 56

*Players signed nether erstwhile proprietor Roman Abramovich.

Starting XI: Sanchez; James, Tosin, Colwill, Cucurella; Caicedo, Lavia, Fernandez; Palmer, Nkunku, Neto.

Second XI: Jorgensen; Gusto, W Fofana, Badiashile, Veiga; Ugochukwu, Dewsbury-Hall, Chukwuemeka; Madueke, Jackson, Sterling.

Not successful either XI: Omorodion, Mudryk, Kellyman, Disasi, Chalobah, Chilwell.

Chelsea will person to taxable a 25-man squad aft nan summertime transportation model which must person a minimum of 8 'homegrown' players - those of immoderate nationality who person spent 3 years astatine immoderate English nine academy earlier turning 21.

But a nine tin besides registry arsenic galore under-21 players arsenic they for illustration connected apical of that 25-man squad.

Chelsea had specified a bloated squad of much than 40 players nether Graham Potter that reports emerged of first-team squad members sitting connected nan level during squad meetings and changing for training successful nan corridor.

This summertime they will do less transfers some successful and retired than past summertime nether Mauricio Pochettino - but it remains much than immoderate different nine successful nan Premier League.

At slightest 14 players will time off Chelsea’s group of nan 56 listed above, which includes immoderate subordinate who has made his first-team debut for nan Blues aliases his nationalist team.

From nan outside, location will beryllium questions astir why Chelsea motion truthful galore players and why specified young ones? The nine insist it does not person a minimum property aliases costs to get players and judges each woody connected an individual basis.

They judge they tin span nan spread connected nan apical 4 pinch nan existent squad and statesman pushing for awesome titles successful nan coming seasons.

But location is besides an acceptance that this transportation model will only beryllium a occurrence if Chelsea tin equilibrium nan books further by adding to nan £90m for nan 3 players sold truthful far, not including nan Conor Gallagher woody that is apt to beryllium confirmed successful nan coming days.

Meanwhile, rivals will besides inquire really Chelsea tin support spending amid specified restrictive Premier League profit and sustainability rules (PSR).

Again, nan Blues will constituent to subordinate income but person besides efficaciously needed to waste 2 hotels – nan Millennium and nan Copthorne – to themselves for £77m, which is believed to person allowed them to stay compliant pinch PSR.

According to nan Times,, external nan Premier League is besides reviewing changes to Chelsea women’s team’s ownership building revenge successful their accounts connected 28 June.