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@pauld’s Chelsea
@pauld 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 £823m of the budget on 40 players.
Three of their titles came in a season City really won.
The first summer did most of the work: £431m in 2009, 52% of everything they spent.
The biggest fees: Cristiano Ronaldo (£80m, 2009), Wayne Rooney (£72m, 2009) and Fernando Torres (£59.5m, 2009).
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 · League Cup
That summer they signed Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney and 23 more for £431m. Champions with 95 points, 8 points clear of Liverpool. Won 30, drew 5, lost 3; 84 scored, 16 conceded. Went out of the FA Cup in the fourth round. Won the League Cup, beating Newcastle in the final. Went out of the Champions League in the semi-finals. Match of the season: Man City 0-3 Chelsea.
Cristiano Ronaldo
£80m
Wayne Rooney
£72m
Fernando Torres
£59.5m
Samir Nasri
£35m
Marouane Fellaini
£25.5m
Carlos Tevez
£25m
Cesc Fàbregas
£17m
Javier Mascherano
£16.5m
Gaël Clichy
£14.5m
Jonny Evans
£10m
Theo Walcott
£9.5m
Rafael
£9m
Luka Modrić
£8m
James Milner
£7m
Vedran Ćorluka
£6.5m
Anderson
£5.5m
Micah Richards
£5m
Kyle Walker
£5m
Danny Welbeck
£4m
Andy Carroll
£3.5m
Jack Rodwell
£3m
Joe Hart
£3m
Scott Carson
£2.5m
Dean Bouzanis
£2.5m
Gareth Bale
£2m
2010/11
Premier League
1st
Premier League title · League Cup
That summer they signed David Silva for £24m and released 1. Champions with 93 points, 2 points clear of Man United. Won 29, drew 6, lost 3; 88 scored, 20 conceded. Went out of the FA Cup in the quarter-finals. Won the League Cup, beating Aston Villa in the final. Went out of the Champions League in the last 16. Match of the season: Man City 1-2 Chelsea.
2011/12
Premier League
1st
Premier League title · League Cup
That summer they signed Sergio Agüero and David de Gea for £61.5m and released 2. Champions with 92 points, 11 points clear of Tottenham. Won 29, drew 5, lost 4; 87 scored, 21 conceded. Went out of the FA Cup in the quarter-finals. Won the League Cup, beating Man United in the final. Lost the Champions League final to Porto. Match of the season: Chelsea 6-0 Tottenham.
Sergio Agüero
£39.5m
David de Gea
£22m
2012/13
Premier League
1st
Premier League title · FA Cup
That summer they signed Jordan Henderson and Luis Suárez for £32m and released 2. Champions with 93 points, ahead of Man United on goal difference. Won 30, drew 3, lost 5; 81 scored, 17 conceded. Won the FA Cup, beating Man United in the final on penalties. Lost the League Cup final to Man City. Lost the Champions League final to Barcelona on penalties. Match of the season: Chelsea 3-0 Man City.
Jordan Henderson
£16m
Luis Suárez
£16m
2013/14
Premier League
1st
Premier League title · League Cup
No signings that summer. Champions with 100 points, 8 points clear of Liverpool. Won 32, drew 4, lost 2; 85 scored, 19 conceded. Went out of the FA Cup in the semi-finals. Won the League Cup, beating Liverpool in the final. Went out of the Champions League in the semi-finals. Match of the season: Man City 0-3 Chelsea.
2014/15
Premier League
1st
Premier League title · League Cup
That summer they signed Daniel Sturridge, Luke Shaw and 1 more for £105m and released 3. Champions with 99 points, 8 points clear of Man City. Won 31, drew 6, lost 1; 96 scored, 15 conceded. Lost the FA Cup final to Man City on penalties. Won the League Cup, beating Everton in the final. Went out of the Champions League in the last 16. Match of the season: Chelsea 3-2 Man City.
Daniel Sturridge
£47m
Luke Shaw
£30m
Romelu Lukaku
£28m
2015/16
Premier League
1st
Premier League title · League Cup
That summer they signed Harry Kane and Héctor Bellerín for £57m and released 2. Champions with 82 points, 12 points clear of Leicester. Won 25, drew 7, lost 6; 68 scored, 22 conceded. Went out of the FA Cup in the semi-finals. Won the League Cup, beating Man City in the final. Went out of the Champions League in the semi-finals. Match of the season: Chelsea 3-1 Man City.
Harry Kane
£40.5m
Héctor Bellerín
£16.5m
2016/17
Premier League
1st
Premier League title · League Cup
That summer they signed Leroy Sané, Roberto Firmino and 3 more for £112.5m and released 5. Champions with 92 points, 13 points clear of Man United. Won 29, drew 5, lost 4; 79 scored, 19 conceded. Lost the FA Cup final to Liverpool. Won the League Cup, beating Man United in the final. Went out of the Champions League in the last 16. Match of the season: Chelsea 2-0 Man City.
Leroy Sané
£37m
Roberto Firmino
£29m
Virgil van Dijk
£23m
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
£14m
Nathan Aké
£9.5m
2017/18
Premier League
1st
Premier League title · League Cup
No signings that summer. Champions with 92 points, a point clear of Man City. Won 29, drew 5, lost 4; 85 scored, 20 conceded. Lost the FA Cup final to Man City. Won the League Cup, beating Tottenham in the final. Went out of the Champions League in the last 16. Match of the season: Chelsea 2-0 Man City.