Going into the 2018-19 season Chelsea’s wage bill stands at around £220m (fourth highest in the league behind Manchester clubs and Liverpool). There has been a clear intention from Chelsea to reduce the wage bill considering their transfer business over last two seasons. They let go the likes of Namanja Matic, John Terry and Diego Costa last year and their summer 2018 transfer business has only brought in one player Jorginho for around £52 million. We take a look at Chelsea’s current squad contracts and player salaries in 2018-19 season.
Chelsea 2018-19 Transfers & Squad Contracts
Just like the last few seasons, Chelsea have spent wisely and their net spend has been incredible thanks to selling off deadwood or some of the youngsters who were on Chelsea books for quite some time. Unlike the lat season where Chelsea spent big but most of the new signing failed to live up to expectations, Chelsea have only signed one player in Jorginho. New manager Maurizio Sarri was expecting to add a top class forward but with Higuain signing for AC Milan we can safely assume Chelsea will have to stick with Morata and Giroud upfront. Below are the signings made by Chelsea in 2018
- Olivier Giroud – £18m (from Arsenal in January)
- Jorginho – £52m (from Napoli)
Maurizio Sarri himself signed 3 year deal (2018-19 to 2021) to become new Chelsea manager and will be earning around £7m a year for his services to the club.
| PLAYER | AGE | WEEKLY WAGE | CONTRACT UNTILL |
| Thibaut Courtois | 25 | £140,000 | Last Year (2019) |
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Willy Caballero
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36 | £40,000 | Last Year (2019) |
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Robert Green
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38 | £20,000 | Last Year (2019) |
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Andreas Christensen (New Deal)
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22 | £65,000 | 4 Years (2022) |
| Gary Cahill | 32 | £130,000 | Last Year (2019) |
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31 | £120,000 | Last Year (2019) |
| Antonio Rüdiger | 25 | £90,000 | 4 Years (2022) |
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27 | £90,000 | 3 Years (2021) |
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28 | £120,000 | 2 Years (2020) |
| Kenedy | 21 | £25,000 | 3 Years (2020) |
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Victor Moses
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27 | £75,000 | 3 Years (2021) |
| Emerson | 23 | £75,000 | 4 Years (2022) |
| Davide Zappacosta | 26 | £80,000 | 3 Years (2021) |
| Tiemoué Bakayoko | 23 | £110,000 | 4 Years (2022) |
| Cesc Fàbregas | 31 | £156,000 | Last Year (2019) |
| Jorginho (New Signing) | 26 | £150,000 | 5 Years (2023) |
| Danny Drinkwater | 28 | £90,000 | 4 Years (2022) |
| N’Golo Kanté | 27 | £120,000 | 3 Years (2021) |
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27 | £200,000 | 2 Years (2020) |
| Ross Barkley | 24 | £90,000 | 5 Years (2023) |
| Willian | 29 | £120,000 | 2 Years (2020) |
| Pedro | 31 | £100,000 | Last Year (2019) |
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Alvaro Morata
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25 | £140,000 | 4 Years (2022) |
| Olivier Giroud (New Signing) | 31 | £120,000 | Last Year (2019) |
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Michy Batshuayi
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24 | £90,000 | 3 Years (2021) |
Important Notes About Figures:
The data about Contracts is up to date and confirmed with Chelsea official player database but the weekly wage figures can not been 100% accurate because no club disclose this information to media or fans specially bonuses and incentives. But we dug up every players details from very trusted sites like guardian, BBC etc.
As the things stand, Roman Abramovich has put in a total of £1.097bn in the club since he bought the club in 2003. The club is wholy owned by Abramovich which is registered as Company house as Russian resident. Chelsea posted yearly revenue of £335 million in the accounts ending 31-May 2016 (fourth highest in the league) their wage bill for last financial cycle was disclosed as £224 million (second highest in the league). Chelsea posted a loss of £85 million in 2016 while according to accounts ended in May 2015 the loss was £32 million.
| Details | Money |
| 2016 Total Revenue | £335m |
| Commercial revenue | £122m |
| Broadcasting revenue | £143m |
| Matchday revenue: | £70m |
| Wage Bill | £224m |
| Net Total Debt | £1.14bn owed to Abramovich |
Chelsea Financial Data 2017-18
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