Transfer Centre The 2022 summer transfer window slammed shut at 11pm on September 1; Chelsea signed Raheem Sterling, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Wesley Fofana, Denis Zakaria, Kalidou Koulibaly and Marc Cucurella Wednesday 7 September 2022 12:17, UK Chelsea backed Thomas Tuchel with a £278m transfer spend this summer, before sacking him on September 7.
The Blues splashed a record-breaking amount in the summer transfer window on a host of new players - which heaped pressure on Tuchel from the get-go.
Chelsea recorded a league-topping £228.4m net spend, ahead of Manchester United, West Ham and Nottingham Forest.
Additionally, question marks were raised over some of the fees paid on incomings, with Raheem Sterling arguably the only addition to have proven, sustained pedigree in the Premier League.
Sterling cost less than prospects Wesley Fofana and Marc Cucurella.
Here, we run through the ins, outs and players linked with Chelsea over an expensive, busy summer window.
Marc Cucurella - Chelsea, £60m Raheem Sterling - Man City, £47.5m Transfer Centre LIVE!
Papers - latest headlines Get Sky Sports Live football on Sky Sports this week Kalidou Koulibaly - Napoli, £33m Omari Hutchinson - Arsenal, free Carney Chukwuemeka - Aston Villa, £20m Cesare Casadei - Inter Milan, £16.8m Wesley Fofana - Leicester, £75m Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang - Barcelona, £10.3m Denis Zakaria - Juventus, loan Callum Hudson-Odoi - Bayer Leverkusen, loan Emerson Palmieri - West Ham, £15m Timo Werner - RB Leipzig, £25.3m Antonio Rudiger - Real Madrid, free Andreas Christensen - Barcelona, free Danny Drinkwater - released Charly Musonda - released Jake Clarke-Salter - QPR, free Lucas Bergstrom - Peterborough, loan Sam McClelland - Barrow, loan Romelu Lukaku - Inter, loan Nathan Baxter - Hull, loan Jamie Cumming - MK Dons, loan Ian Maatsen - Burnley, loan Tino Anjorin - Huddersfield, loan Malang Sarr - Monaco, loan Ross Barkley - released Baba Rahman - Reading, loan Dujon Sterling - Stoke, loan Xavier Simons - Hull, loan Ethan Ampadu - Spezia, loan Jayden Wareham - Leyton Orient, loan Harvey Vale - Hull City, loan Bryan Fiabema - Forest Green, loan Billy Gilmour - Brighton, £10m Edson Alavarez (Ajax) Mehdi Taremi (Porto) Rafael Leao (AC Milan) Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) Ibrahim Sangare (PSV) Arsen Zakharyan (Dinamo Moscow) Josko Gvardiol (RB Leipzig) Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona) Lucas Ocampos (Ajax) Anthony Gordon (Everton) Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) Cristiano Ronaldo (Man Utd) Harry Maguire (Man Utd) Ivan Toney (Brentford) The Champions League returns, and Super 6 have you covered.