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@stevef’s Chelsea
@stevef took Chelsea back to the summer of 2009 with City’s £900m and came out with 19 major trophies. The real Chelsea won nine in the same nine seasons.
They spent £690m of the budget on 25 players.
Three of their titles came in a season City really won.
They built in stages, spending £87m in 2009 and the rest over the summers that followed.
The biggest fees: Dele Alli (£111.5m, 2016), Cristiano Ronaldo (£80m, 2009) and Raheem Sterling (£65m, 2014).
They were champions eight times: 2009/10, 2010/11, 2011/12, 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17 and 2017/18.
Season by season
2009/10
Premier League
1st
Premier League title · FA Cup
That summer they signed Cristiano Ronaldo, Kyle Walker and 1 more for £87m. Champions with 92 points, 6 points clear of Man United. Won 29, drew 5, lost 4; 101 scored, 28 conceded. Won the FA Cup, beating Cardiff in the final. Went out of the League Cup in the third round. Went out of the Champions League in the quarter-finals. Match of the season: Chelsea 2-0 Man City.
Cristiano Ronaldo
£80m
Kyle Walker
£5m
Gareth Bale
£2m
2010/11
Premier League
1st
Premier League title · League Cup
That summer they signed Cesc Fàbregas, Wayne Rooney and 1 more for £66.5m. Champions with 82 points, a point clear of Man United. Won 25, drew 7, lost 6; 83 scored, 28 conceded. Lost the FA Cup final to Stoke City. Won the League Cup, beating Aston Villa in the final. Went out of the Champions League in the last 16. Match of the season: Chelsea 1-0 Man City.
Cesc Fàbregas
£30m
Wayne Rooney
£30m
Joe Hart
£6.5m
2011/12
Premier League
1st
Premier League title · League Cup
That summer they signed Sergio Agüero for £39.5m. Champions with 94 points, 5 points clear of Man City. Won 30, drew 4, lost 4; 80 scored, 18 conceded. Went out of the FA Cup in the third round. Won the League Cup, beating QPR in the final. Went out of the Champions League in the quarter-finals. Match of the season: Chelsea 7-0 West Brom.
2012/13
Premier League
2nd
League Cup
That summer they signed Theo Walcott, David de Gea and 2 more for £72.5m. 2nd in the Premier League with 87 points, 10 points behind Man United. Won 27, drew 6, lost 5; 69 scored, 19 conceded. Went out of the FA Cup in the quarter-finals. Won the League Cup, beating Sunderland in the final. Went out of the Champions League in the semi-finals. Match of the season: Chelsea 3-2 Man City.
Theo Walcott
£30m
David de Gea
£22m
Luis Suárez
£16m
Danny Rose
£4.5m
2013/14
Premier League
1st
Premier League title · Champions League
That summer they signed Jordan Henderson for £22.5m. Champions with 85 points, 3 points clear of Liverpool. Won 25, drew 10, lost 3; 73 scored, 19 conceded. Went out of the FA Cup in the quarter-finals. Went out of the League Cup in the semi-finals. Won the Champions League, beating Barcelona in the final. Match of the season: Chelsea 2-0 Man City.
2014/15
Premier League
1st
Premier League title · League Cup
That summer they signed Raheem Sterling, Ross Barkley and 2 more for £148m. Champions with 98 points, 11 points clear of Man City. Won 30, drew 8, lost 0; 86 scored, 15 conceded. Went out of the FA Cup in the semi-finals. Won the League Cup, beating Leicester in the final. Went out of the Champions League in the semi-finals. Match of the season: Everton 0-6 Chelsea.
Raheem Sterling
£65m
Ross Barkley
£33.5m
Luke Shaw
£30m
Vincent Kompany
£19.5m
2015/16
Premier League
1st
Premier League title · League Cup · Europa League
That summer they signed Kevin De Bruyne, Harry Kane and 1 more for £107m. Champions with 85 points, 7 points clear of Man City. Won 27, drew 4, lost 7; 87 scored, 30 conceded. Went out of the FA Cup in the third round. Won the League Cup, beating Leicester in the final. Won the Europa League, beating Milan in the final. Match of the season: Chelsea 1-0 Man City.
Kevin De Bruyne
£55m
Harry Kane
£40.5m
Virgil van Dijk
£11.5m
2016/17
Premier League
1st
Premier League title · FA Cup · League Cup
That summer they signed Dele Alli, Marcus Rashford and 1 more for £135.5m. Champions with 95 points, 9 points clear of Man United. Won 29, drew 8, lost 1; 92 scored, 25 conceded. Won the FA Cup, beating Man United in the final. Won the League Cup, beating Burnley in the final. Went out of the Champions League in the quarter-finals. Match of the season: Chelsea 4-2 Man City.
Dele Alli
£111.5m
Marcus Rashford
£14.5m
Nathan Aké
£9.5m
2017/18
Premier League
1st
Premier League title · League Cup
That summer they signed Kieran O'Hara, Trent Alexander-Arnold and 1 more for £11.5m. Champions with 103 points, 17 points clear of Man City. Won 34, drew 1, lost 3; 90 scored, 16 conceded. Went out of the FA Cup in the fifth round. Won the League Cup, beating Southampton in the final. Went out of the Champions League in the last 16. Match of the season: Chelsea 3-0 Man City.
Kieran O'Hara
£4.5m
Trent Alexander-Arnold
£4m
Ben Chilwell
£3m