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Headline: UNCAPTIONED: Chelsea's €1.656 Billion Squad Highlights English Clubs' Financial Power
Caption: Chelsea’s €1.656 Billion Squad Highlights English Clubs’ Financial Power. Chelsea’s 2024 squad was the most expensive ever assembled in European football, according to a UEFA report. The club spent €1.656 billion ($1.79 billion) on transfer fees, surpassing Manchester United’s €1.42 billion in 2023 and Real Madrid’s €1.33 billion in 2020. Despite heavy investment, Chelsea finished sixth in the Premier League last season and currently sit fifth, failing to translate spending into consistent success. Since Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital took over in 2022, Chelsea have signed 41 players, reshaping the team at an unprecedented scale. Real Madrid (€1.073 billion), Manchester City (€854 million), PSG (€808 million), Manchester United (€771 million), and Bayern Munich (€765 million) had the highest revenues in 2023. Nine of the top 20 revenue-generating clubs are from the Premier League, with an average revenue of €357 million and a total league revenue of €7.15 billion. The report highlights England’s massive TV revenue distribution, making the "typical" median English club 60% richer than its German counterpart and three times wealthier than clubs in Italy and Spain. The report notes that top-division European clubs collectively generated €26.8 billion in revenue in 2023, with English clubs nearly doubling the revenues of their Spanish and German counterparts. Arsenal (€153 million), Manchester United (€129 million), Tottenham (€123 million), and Liverpool (€108 million) were among eight European clubs earning over €100 million in gate revenue. Instructions: THIS VIDEO MUST NOT BE EDITED FOR LENGTH TO COMBINE WITH OTHER CONTENT
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