BIGGEST LOSERS: Chelsea's Player Values Decline, Spending - Hit, Miss, Mid Under Boehly

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Transfermarkt has released it's figures for squad value losses for the 2025/26 season and Chelsea are the big loser; losing £179.5 million in transfer value.

How badly has Chelsea's spending been under the leadership of Boehly since his takeover in 2022? He has invested an eye-watering £1.5 billion thus far.

Let's breakdown his hits, misses, and in betweens.

Summer 2022

Raheem Sterling — £47.5m, MISS
Kalidou Koulibaly — £33m, MISS
Gabriel Slonina — £12m, MISS
Carney Chukwuemeka — £20m, MISS
Marc Cucurella — £62m, HIT
Cesare Casadei — £12.6m, MISS
Wesley Fofana — £70m, MISS
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang — £10.3m, MISS

January 2023

Benoît Badiashile — £35m, MISS
Andrey Santos — £18m, TBC
David Datro Fofana — £10.6m, MISS
João Félix — £9.7m loan fee, MISS
Mykhailo Mudryk — £89m, MISS
Noni Madueke — £29m, MID
Malo Gusto — £26m, HIT
Enzo Fernández — £106.8m, MID

Summer 2023

Christopher Nkunku — £52m, MISS
Nicolas Jackson — £32m, MISS
Robert Sánchez — £25m, MISS
Axel Disasi — £38.5m, MISS
Lesley Ugochukwu — £23m, MISS
Moisés Caicedo — £115m, HIT
Roméo Lavia — £53m, MISS
Cole Palmer — £42.5m, HIT
Deivid Washington — £17m, MISS
Djordje Petrović — £14m, MISS

Summer 2024

Pedro Neto — £51m, HIT
João Félix — £42m, MISS
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall — £30m, MISS
Filip Jørgensen — £20.7m, MISS
Tosin Adarabioyo — Free, MISS
Omari Kellyman — £19m, MISS
Renato Veiga — £12m, MISS
Caleb Wiley — £8.5m, MISS
Marc Guiu — £5m, TBC
Aaron Anselmino — £15.6m, TBC

2025

Liam Delap — £30m, MISS
João Pedro — £60m, HIT
Jamie Gittens — £48.5m, MISS
Estêvão Willian — £29m, HIT
Dário Essugo — £18.5m, TBC
Mamadou Sarr — £12m, TBC

Totals:

Hits - 7
Misses - 28
TBC - 5
Mids - 2

Meaning 2/3 of their purchases under Boehly has been poor.

The 3 biggest hits for Boehly have been Cole Palmer, Joao Pedro, and Moises Caicedo. It is not hard to understand why.

He was willing to pay the big bucks for EPL proven talent, therefore making it less of a risk to sign them, knowing they're fimilair with the league and the country. Which is often overlooked as a significant factor at settling in at a new club.

The 3 big misses under Boehly have been Mykhailo Mudryk, Wesley Fofana, and Liam Delap. A whopping £194 million was spent between those 3 players alone.

How can Chelsea can turn things around next season?

1. Sell deadwood, get as much money as possible for players there making up the number

2. Build the squad around settled talent, Palmer, James, Pedro. Base the club vision around committed and talented players

3. Invest in Prem proven talent, that has been a good recipe for success