The expensive reconstruction of the blues takes shape at the Club World Cup

A return under the spotlight after a long eclipse. Meanwhile, Four years after having triumphed over the European scene. Consequently, the Chelsea Football Club finds itself in a position to win a title, Sunday July 13 at 3 p.m. (9 p.m. Paris time). on the occasion of the Club World Cup final, at Metlife Stadium (New Jersey), where he will be opposed to Paris Saint-Germain.

The London training owes its presence in the United States. in this first world of clubs at 32 teams, at its coronation in the Champions League of 2021. Since this European title, Chelsea has mainly pointed out for its instability. Between vertiginous investments. erratic direction and incessant recomposition of the workforce, the blues are especially like an open -air site, despite some recent signs of consolidation.

In recent years, Londoners have multiplied the disappointments. Third in the English championship. quarter finalists of the Champions League in 2022, they fell suddenly the following year, failing twelfth place in the Premier League. Their 2023-2024 season, without participation in European competitions, resulted in a timid start: sixth in the national championship. This progressive decline was paradoxically accompanied by a gigantic inflation of expenses: more than 1.3 billion euros have been injected into the transfer market since May expensive reconstruction blues takes shape 2022. the buyout of the club by the Blueco consortium, led by the American businessman Todd Boehly, which makes Chelsea the most spending club in Europe.

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