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@l_g’s Chelsea
@l_g took Chelsea back to the summer of 2009 with City’s £900m and came out with 18 major trophies. The real Chelsea won nine in the same nine seasons.
They spent £894.5m of the budget on 33 players.
Three of their titles came in a season City really won.
They built in stages, spending £333.5m in 2009 and the rest over the summers that followed.
The biggest fees: Cristiano Ronaldo (£80m, 2009), Wayne Rooney (£72m, 2009) and Kevin De Bruyne (£55m, 2015).
They were champions nine times: 2009/10, 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17 and 2017/18.
Season by season
2009/10
Premier League
1st
Premier League title · Champions League
That summer they signed Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney and 8 more for £333.5m. Champions with 96 points, 16 points clear of Man United. Won 30, drew 6, lost 2; 79 scored, 18 conceded. Went out of the FA Cup in the quarter-finals. Lost the League Cup final to Liverpool. Won the Champions League, beating Bayern in the final. Match of the season: Burnley 0-5 Chelsea.
Cristiano Ronaldo
£80m
Wayne Rooney
£72m
Nemanja Vidić
£37.5m
Samir Nasri
£35m
Xabi Alonso
£30m
Robin van Persie
£21.5m
Patrice Evra
£19.5m
Mikel Arteta
£18m
Cesc Fàbregas
£17m
Joe Hart
£3m
2010/11
Premier League
1st
Premier League title · League Cup
That summer they signed Theo Walcott, Luka Modrić and 2 more for £46m. Champions with 101 points, 16 points clear of Everton. Won 33, drew 2, lost 3; 82 scored, 20 conceded. Went out of the FA Cup in the fourth round. Won the League Cup, beating Arsenal in the final. Went out of the Champions League in the last 16. Match of the season: Chelsea 4-1 Man City.
Theo Walcott
£20m
Luka Modrić
£10.5m
Gareth Bale
£10.5m
Kyle Walker
£5m
2011/12
Premier League
1st
Premier League title · League Cup
That summer they signed Yaya Touré, Sergio Agüero and 3 more for £150m. Champions with 94 points, 4 points clear of Man City. Won 29, drew 7, lost 2; 94 scored, 16 conceded. Went out of the FA Cup in the fifth round. Won the League Cup, beating Liverpool in the final. Went out of the Champions League in the last 16. Match of the season: Chelsea 1-0 Man City.
Yaya Touré
£49.5m
Sergio Agüero
£39.5m
David de Gea
£22m
Vincent Kompany
£22m
Phil Jones
£17m
2012/13
Premier League
1st
Premier League title · League Cup
That summer they signed Danny Welbeck, Micah Richards and 4 more for £105.5m. Champions with 96 points, 9 points clear of Man United. Won 30, drew 6, lost 2; 82 scored, 13 conceded. Went out of the FA Cup in the semi-finals. Won the League Cup, beating Tottenham in the final on penalties. Went out of the Champions League in the quarter-finals. Match of the season: Chelsea 2-0 Man City.
Danny Welbeck
£25.5m
Micah Richards
£22m
Wojciech Szczęsny
£16.5m
Luis Suárez
£16m
Pablo Zabaleta
£13m
Chris Smalling
£12.5m
2013/14
Premier League
1st
Premier League title · FA Cup
That summer they signed David Silva, Mesut Özil and 2 more for £114m and released 4. Champions with 88 points, 6 points clear of Arsenal. Won 27, drew 7, lost 4; 77 scored, 20 conceded. Won the FA Cup, beating Cardiff in the final. Went out of the League Cup in the quarter-finals. Went out of the Champions League in the quarter-finals. Match of the season: Chelsea 3-1 Man City.
David Silva
£42.5m
Mesut Özil
£42.5m
Mamadou Sakho
£18m
Ben Davies
£11m
2014/15
Premier League
1st
Premier League title · League Cup
No signings that summer. Champions with 95 points, 9 points clear of Man City. Won 30, drew 5, lost 3; 91 scored, 22 conceded. Went out of the FA Cup in the semi-finals. Won the League Cup, beating Arsenal in the final. Lost the Champions League final to Real Madrid. Match of the season: QPR 0-6 Chelsea.
2015/16
Premier League
1st
Premier League title · League Cup
That summer they signed Kevin De Bruyne and Harry Kane for £95.5m and released 2. Champions with 80 points, 10 points clear of Leicester. Won 24, drew 8, lost 6; 75 scored, 34 conceded. Went out of the FA Cup in the fifth round. Won the League Cup, beating Man City in the final on penalties. Went out of the Champions League in the quarter-finals. Match of the season: Chelsea 3-2 Man City.
Kevin De Bruyne
£55m
Harry Kane
£40.5m
2016/17
Premier League
1st
Premier League title · FA Cup
That summer they signed Gabriel Jesus and Virgil van Dijk for £50m and released 2. Champions with 83 points, 3 points clear of Tottenham. Won 25, drew 8, lost 5; 52 scored, 20 conceded. Won the FA Cup, beating Burnley in the final. Went out of the League Cup in the quarter-finals. Went out of the Champions League in the quarter-finals. Match of the season: Man City 0-1 Chelsea.
Gabriel Jesus
£27m
Virgil van Dijk
£23m
2017/18
Premier League
1st
Premier League title · League Cup
No signings that summer. Champions with 101 points, 21 points clear of Tottenham. Won 33, drew 2, lost 3; 97 scored, 21 conceded. Went out of the FA Cup in the quarter-finals. Won the League Cup, beating Tottenham in the final. Went out of the Champions League in the last 16. Match of the season: Chelsea 2-1 Man City.
