Barcelona, Bayern, Arsenal and in fourth place – Chelsea. This is what the list of the biggest spenders in the football market this summer looks like after the Blues agreed 18 million euros fixed and another 6 million in bonuses for Carney Chukwuemeka.It seems that Chukwuemeka has a long and prosperous career ahead of him, otherwise Aston Villa would not be able to get this much money for a central midfielder who is only 18 years old. They are obviously convinced at Stamford Bridge that they can’t miss with Carney.The player himself is overjoyed.”For the last few days I couldn’t get Chelsea out of my head, so I’m happy that it’s over, I feel relieved. I can’t wait to get on the pitch,” said the young Englishman of Nigerian roots, who was reportedly followed by Barcelona and AC Milan.Introducing your newest blue, Carney Chukwuemeka! 🤝#ChukwuemekaIsChelsea pic.twitter.com/Ojsh38bKBC— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) August 4, 2022 Chelsea, however, offered significantly more money and secured the third signing of the summer after Raheem Sterling (Manchester City/56.2 million euros) and Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli/38 million euros). They paid another 9.09 million euros for Chicago Fire goalkeeper Gabriel Slonina, with the fact that he remains on loan in the MLS league.All together 121,290,000 euros, not counting bonuses, not even these 6 million for Chukwuemeka. So far teams that have spent more than Chelsea in this transfer window:BARCELONA – 153,000,000 euros for Robert Lewandowski, Raphinha and Jules Kounde; Franck Kessie and Andreas Christensen arrived without compensation;BAYERN – 137,500,000 euros for Matthijs de Ligt, Sadio Mane, Mathys Tel and Ryan Gravenberch; Noussair Mazraoui arrived for ‘nothing’;ARSENAL – 132,060,000 euros for Gabriel Jesus, Fabio Vieira, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Matt Turner and Marquinhos.##NAJAVA_MECA_6541751##Chelsea are not finished yet, because they still need to find another stopper, they wanted Leicester’s Wesley Fofana, but the Foxes rejected an offer of 75 million euros. There are even talks of the Blues going after Barcelona’s Gabonese Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. Chelsea want to take advantage of the complicated situation at Camp Nou and bring Aubameyang to London.Romelu Lukaku has already left them, Timo Werner is also on the way out, so the new owners of the Blues need a striker to calm the tension. The fact that Barça are chasing Marcos Alonso also works in their favor (Cesar Azpilicueta will be staying at Stamford Bridge for two more years). Blaugrana certainly has a surplus of strikers, with the fact that Aubameyang was not planned for sale, but Memphis Depay. But, if a good framework is created financially so that it is in everyone’s interest, maybe some kind of model will be created…
