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@chrisrussell’s Chelsea
@chrisrussell took Chelsea back to the summer of 2009 with City’s £900m and came out with 17 major trophies. The real Chelsea won nine in the same nine seasons.
They spent £891.5m of the budget on 33 players.
Three of their titles came in a season City really won.
They built in stages, spending £274m 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 · League Cup
That summer they signed Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney and 7 more for £274m. Champions with 93 points, 5 points clear of Man United. Won 29, drew 6, lost 3; 89 scored, 14 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 Bayern. Match of the season: Chelsea 5-0 Man City.
Cristiano Ronaldo
£80m
Wayne Rooney
£72m
Ashley Young
£30m
Carlos Tevez
£25m
Cesc Fàbregas
£17m
Javier Mascherano
£16.5m
Kolo Touré
£16m
Gaël Clichy
£14.5m
Joe Hart
£3m
2010/11
Premier League
1st
Premier League title · League Cup
That summer they signed Yaya Touré, David Silva and 2 more for £69m. Champions with 89 points, 4 points clear of Man United. Won 27, drew 8, lost 3; 89 scored, 23 conceded. Went out of the FA Cup in the quarter-finals. Won the League Cup, beating Newcastle in the final. Went out of the Champions League in the last 16. Match of the season: Chelsea 2-1 Man City.
Yaya Touré
£24m
David Silva
£24m
Luka Modrić
£10.5m
Gareth Bale
£10.5m
2011/12
Premier League
1st
Premier League title · FA Cup
That summer they signed Sergio Agüero, David de Gea and 2 more for £97m. Champions with 91 points, 11 points clear of Man City. Won 29, drew 4, lost 5; 76 scored, 17 conceded. Won the FA Cup, beating Arsenal in the final. Went out of the League Cup in the semi-finals. Went out of the Champions League in the last 16. Match of the season: Chelsea 2-0 Man City.
Sergio Agüero
£39.5m
David de Gea
£22m
Vincent Kompany
£22m
Jack Wilshere
£13.5m
2012/13
Premier League
1st
Premier League title · League Cup
That summer they signed Danny Welbeck, Micah Richards and 2 more for £82.5m. Champions with 96 points, 10 points clear of Man United. Won 30, drew 6, lost 2; 87 scored, 19 conceded. Went out of the FA Cup in the fourth round. Won the League Cup, beating Man City in the final. Lost the Champions League final to Bayern. Match of the season: Chelsea 1-0 Man City.
Danny Welbeck
£25.5m
Micah Richards
£22m
Kyle Walker
£19m
Luis Suárez
£16m
2013/14
Premier League
1st
Premier League title · League Cup
That summer they signed Mesut Özil for £42.5m. Champions with 96 points, 10 points clear of Man City. Won 30, drew 6, lost 2; 86 scored, 18 conceded. Lost the FA Cup final to Arsenal on penalties. Won the League Cup, beating Southampton in the final. Went out of the Champions League in the quarter-finals. Match of the season: Man City 0-4 Chelsea.
2014/15
Premier League
1st
Premier League title · FA Cup
That summer they signed Philippe Coutinho, Luke Shaw and 1 more for £92.5m and released 3. Champions with 101 points, 23 points clear of Arsenal. Won 32, drew 5, lost 1; 91 scored, 16 conceded. Won the FA Cup, beating Arsenal in the final. Went out of the League Cup in the third round. Lost the Champions League final to Bayern. Match of the season: Chelsea 3-1 Man City.
Philippe Coutinho
£34.5m
Luke Shaw
£30m
Romelu Lukaku
£28m
2015/16
Premier League
1st
Premier League title · League Cup
That summer they signed Kevin De Bruyne, Héctor Bellerín and 2 more for £94.5m and released 3. Champions with 88 points, 19 points clear of West Ham. Won 27, drew 7, lost 4; 73 scored, 32 conceded. Lost the FA Cup final to Leicester. Won the League Cup, beating Stoke City in the final. Went out of the Champions League in the last 16. Match of the season: Chelsea 4-2 Man City.
Kevin De Bruyne
£55m
Héctor Bellerín
£16.5m
Toby Alderweireld
£11.5m
Virgil van Dijk
£11.5m
2016/17
Premier League
1st
Premier League title · FA Cup
That summer they signed John Stones for £47.5m. Champions with 87 points, ahead of Tottenham on goal difference. Won 27, drew 6, lost 5; 84 scored, 27 conceded. Won the FA Cup, beating Middlesbrough 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 4-1 Man City.
2017/18
Premier League
1st
Premier League title
That summer they signed Mohamed Salah, Christian Benteke and 1 more for £92m and released 3. Champions with 94 points, 7 points clear of Man City. Won 29, drew 7, lost 2; 82 scored, 20 conceded. Went out of the FA Cup in the quarter-finals. Went out of the League Cup in the fourth round. Lost the Champions League final to Bayern. Match of the season: Chelsea 3-2 Man City.
Mohamed Salah
£34m
Christian Benteke
£32.5m
Wilfried Zaha
£25.5m
