Chelsea are reported to have held back money during the summer transfer window specifically to allow for January investment if needed.
Alongside welcoming the pre-agreed arrivals of Estêvão and Dário Essugo, Chelsea once again spent big in the summer as they recruited João Pedro, Jamie Gittens, Alejandro Garnacho, Liam Delap and Jorrel Hato for over £200 million ($269.2 million).
That may not be the end of Chelsea’s recruitment as, according to the , there is still money in the bank to fund January signings as well.
The winter window has typically been a quiet one for Chelsea under the BlueCo ownership. While January 2023 yielded the record-breaking spend on Enzo Fernández, Mykhailo Mudryk, Benoît Badiashile, Noni Madueke, Malo Gusto, Andrey Santos, David Datro Fofana and six months of João Félix, the only player to have signed for Chelsea in the last two windows is young midfieder Mathis Amougou, who arrived earlier this year and was sold to Strasbourg six months later.
Chelsea clearly do not prioritise the January transfer window but, with questions over some areas of the squad, could be forced into action at the start of the year.
