For the 2024/25 fiscal year, Chelsea recorded unprecedented monetary deficits.
Data disclosed by UEFA indicated that the pre-tax shortfall for the West London club, during the season they secured the FIFA Club World Cup, reached a sum of £355 million.
This particular amount represents the largest ever recorded in the history of English football, surpassed within European competition solely by Barcelona’s £484 million deficit from the 2020/21 period.
The statistics from UEFA indicated that the Blues generated considerably less income than their Premier League competitors, bringing in only £511 million.
Over the identical timeframe, Manchester City secured £746 million, whereas Liverpool accumulated £744 million.
Furthermore, revenue from match tickets lagged £28 million behind the Merseyside team, with an average of £1.2 million less earned per game day than Arne Slot’s squad, currently positioned just one spot above them.
Even though they were overshadowed by other leading clubs in the top division, Chelsea maintained their position as the sixth-highest spending club in Europe regarding player salaries, disbursing £388 million in the 2024/25 season.
Based on UEFA’s findings, their roster of players stands as the most costly ever assembled in the history of the sport, with a total of £1.52 billion invested in the team then managed by Enzo Maresca.
Nevertheless, individuals close to Stamford Bridge communicated to the BBC their assurance that the club would uphold adherence to the financial fair play mandates set by the European football authority.
