Chelsea’s €140m U21 spending surge puts them at top of interesting table | OneFootball

Chelsea’s new ownership have focused on buying young players, and the figures from this summer show just how strong that commitment remains.

According to TransferMarkt, 4 of the top 20 most valuable under 21 transfers of the summer were to Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea’s young Brazilian ready to take the league by storm

Estevao Willian celebrates scoring against Chelsea. (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images)

Top of the list at €60m is Estevao Willian. The Brazilian sensation signed over a year ago, and we’ve been waiting patiently to see him in action.

It’s been a while since we were so excited to see an attacking player debut at Chelsea – you might have to go back all the way to Eden Hazard in 2012. Estevao is due to report for training at Cobham tomorrow.

Amusingly, joint top with Estevao is Dean Huijsen. He was actually the first target Chelsea chased this summer, making serious moves to bring in the Bournemouth centre back before Real Madrid swooped in to pay his release clause and leave us in the dust.

The rest of the Blues’ impressive imports

Next comes Jamie Gittens at €50m, another thrilling one on one winger who we can’t wait to see taking on Premier League defenders after coming in from Dortmund.

Further down the list we have Dario Essugo, who looks a smart pickup at €20m from Sporting. The tenacious ball winner will be supporting Moises Caicedo as a much needed defensive-minded body in midfield. He is being overshadowed a little by more glamorous attacking names, but don’t sleep on the Portugal international.

Finally, also at €20m we have Mamadou Sarr. The defender has signed for the Blues from their sister club Strasbourg and then been loaned back. We won’t see him in action for us for a year at least, but we’re excited to see him continue his development.