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This article was published in the first version on 07.08. at 7:30 a.m. and was updated after the transfer of Brojas.
Chelsea’s squad is “shrunk” on 37 players. After the transfer by loan player Lesley Ugochukwu (21) to FC Burnley, Armando Broja (23) also joins the Clarets. Chelseas transfer revenue this summer climbed to around 232 million euros. For midfielder Ugochukwu, whose change was announced on Wednesday, Burnley pays a transfer fee of 28.7 million euros. For center forward Broja, who has scored three goals in 53 games in the past three seasons and whose transfer was officially on Friday, according to reports, around EUR 23 million.
This means that Chelsea is able to achieve comparatively high replacement for professionals who hardly played a role in the club or were finally awarded. This is how midfielder Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (26), who went to Everton for EUR 28.7 million, at Bournemouth’s new goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic (25), who brought in EUR 28.9 million, or João Félix (25). The latter landed at Al-Nassr in Saudi Arabia for 30 million euros after his fifth transfer since 2023.
Brojas Change to Burnley is the 15th departure of the Londoners this summer with transfer income of EUR 232 million. The eight entrances, including ex-BVB attacker Jamie Gitten (20) for 56 million euros, cost the blues 280 million euros. The squad of coach Enzo Maresca will certainly be reduced by about 15 players by September 1st.
For promoted Burnley, Ugochukwu, who ran borrowed for Southampton in 2024/25, is the record purchase. Broja, who most recently stormed for Everton, joins third place in the most expensive approaches in club history. The fact that the association from the northwest of England pays significantly above market value is nothing special for transfers within the Premier League. It is remarkable that Chelsea managed this feat at eight out of nine sales this summer.