{"id":621025,"date":"2023-01-11T06:51:33","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T11:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=621025"},"modified":"2023-01-11T06:51:33","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T11:51:33","slug":"potential-chelsea-lineup-january-transfer-window","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/01\/11\/potential-chelsea-lineup-january-transfer-window\/","title":{"rendered":"5 New Signings and a \u00a3250 Million Investment &#8211; How Chelsea Could Line Up After January Transfer Window"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the club&#8217;s form dipping in recent months and this being the first transfer window under Graham Potter, Chelsea are expected to be at the heart of a flurry of activity throughout January. With some signings already done and others rumoured it&#8217;s time to look at a potential Chelsea lineup following this window and an expected \u00a3250 million-plus investment in new players.<\/p>\n<h2>Potential Chelsea Lineup Following January Window<\/h2>\n<h3>Completed Signings<\/h3>\n<p>The Blues have<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chelseafc.com\/en\/news\/topic?id=1K1fWLA9qLP6EjaJVk73aV\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> already confirmed the signings<\/a> of David Datro Fofana, Andrey Santos, and Benoit Badiashile in this window. While it is currently unknown how much the trio will feature, it isn&#8217;t outside the realms of possibility that Fofana and Badishile force their way into Potter&#8217;s plans.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/09\/06\/chelsea-vision-2030-project\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Chelsea Vision 2030 Project: A Necessary Overhaul of Academy Football<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This trio alone has cost roughly \u00a355 million as the Brazilian midfielder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-11609593\/Chelsea-complete-18m-signing-Brazilian-wonderkid-Andrey-Santos.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reportedly cost \u00a318 million<\/a>, the Ivorian striker set them back \u00a310 million, and the defender reportedly came in at \u00a335 million from Monaco (both per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.ie\/sport\/football\/9997626\/chelsea-transfers-enzo-fernandez-mykhailo-mudryk-january\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Sun<\/a>).<\/p>\n<h3>Potential Signings<\/h3>\n<p>Enzo Fernandez is a name that has been linked with a move to Stamford Bridge for a huge fee that the aforementioned Sun report puts at the cost of \u00a3112 million. With The Times&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/joao-felix-chelsea-agree-9m-loan-deal-to-sign-portugal-forward-qn8pxhph2\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tom Roddy<\/a> reporting that the two teams are still in negotiations, this deal is alive and well.<\/p>\n<p>Roddy is also reporting interest from the London side in PSV Eindhoven winger Noni Madueke. The 20-year-old Englishman has impressed at the Dutch club since making the move from Tottenham Hotspur. Based on previous interest in the player from a Premier League side, his price tag is<a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/sport\/football\/1480189\/Tottenham-news-Noni-Madueke-transfer-PSV-snt\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> likely to be around \u00a340 million<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/01\/07\/70-million-moises-caicedo\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">&#8216;Absolute Monster&#8217; Chelsea Target Slapped With \u00a370 Million Asking Price<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Atletico Madrid man Joao Felix has gotten the coveted &#8220;Here We Go&#8221; from Fabrizio Romano on a loan with a fee of around <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1612784167070179328\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a311 million attached<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"A697XZ8FQ01jXIHfVOFLJQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1453301432\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'A697XZ8FQ01jXIHfVOFLJQ',sig:'l6GBQjC3fhV2LPBq-l_7-B0eEnhS53zJSCoHAAOyPMs=',w:'594px',h:'377px',items:'1453301432',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<p>There are also growing rumours that Chelsea are about to hijack <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/01\/11\/tottenham-monitoring-porro-and-edwards\/\" target=\"_self\">Tottenham&#8217;s move for right-back Pedro Porro<\/a>. Ben Jacobs of CBS Sports reported the potential hijacking while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9UgiQmQtE9M&amp;ab_channel=LastWordOnSpurs\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">speaking to Last Word on Spurs<\/a>. The defender has a release clause of \u00a336 million <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2023\/jan\/09\/spurs-pedro-porro-sporting-release-clause-hugo-lloris#:~:text=Tottenham%20will%20have%20to%20pay,to%20sign%20him%20in%20January.\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">per the Guardian<\/a>, which will have to be met for any move to happen.<\/p>\n<h3>Potential Chelsea Lineup<\/h3>\n<p>Should <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/08\/todd-boehly-dinner-event-chelsea\/\" target=\"_self\">Todd Boehly<\/a> and co. wheel and deal to make all of these moves happen the first team could receive a major overhaul this month. A reported spend of over \u00a3250 million could leave the starting eleven looking something like this:<\/p>\n<p>GK &#8211; Kepa Arrizabalaga<\/p>\n<p>CB &#8211; Benoit Badiashile<\/p>\n<p>CB &#8211; Thiago Silva<\/p>\n<p>CB &#8211; Kalidou Koulibaly<\/p>\n<p>LWB &#8211; Marc Cucurella<\/p>\n<p>RWB &#8211; Pedro Perro<\/p>\n<p>CM &#8211; Enzo Fernandez<\/p>\n<p>CM &#8211; Mateo Kovacic<\/p>\n<p>LW &#8211; Raheem Sterling<\/p>\n<p>ST &#8211; Joao Felix<\/p>\n<p>RW &#8211; Noni Madueke<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the club&#8217;s form dipping in recent months and this being the first transfer window under Graham Potter, Chelsea are expected to be at the heart of a flurry of activity throughout January. With some signings already done and others rumoured it&#8217;s time to look at a potential Chelsea lineup following this window and an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2013,"featured_media":621052,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,11],"tags":[8611],"class_list":["post-621025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-chelsea","tag-chelsea-transfer-rumours"],"modified_by":"Joseph Howes, Site Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2013"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=621025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621025\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/621052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=621025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=621025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=621025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}