Nigerian singer, Adekunle Kosoko, better known by his stage name, Adekunle Gold has accused premier league football club, Chelsea of ruining the current transfer season.
The singer wondered where the club got so much money to splash on new players.
OsunDailyNG understands the Blues have already spent not less than €323 million on transfers so far during the 2023 summer transfer window including Moises Caicedo who arrived from Brighton on a British-record transfer fee of €116m (£100m), which is likely to reach €133m (£115m) via achievable add-ons.
Reacting to the lavish spending via his Twitter handle on Tuesday, Adekunle Gold questioned where Chelsea is getting its money from.
He wrote, “Man! Chelsea ruined the market this season! Where una see money?”
Meanwhile, Gold himself is a known fan of another premier league club, Manchester United.
Why Players Are Choosing Chelsea Over Liverpool, Other Clubs
Chelsea have suddenly become the ideal destination for some of the biggest football prospects in the world especially in the 2023 summer transfer window, a development that has kept football enthusiasts wowed especially in recent weeks.
Since Todd Boehly and his consortium took over the club from Roman Abramovich in 2022, the American billionaire and his partners have been more focused on signing players below the age of 25. As of last count, they have done 18 of such signings.
In three transfer windows, Bohley has spent close to one billion pounds in bringing these youngsters to Stamford Bridge and he doesn’t look like he would slow down anytime soon.
But the most interesting twist to his desire to sign almost every renowned young talent in Europe is the fact that the youngsters are turning down other big clubs for Chelsea.
Chelsea’s latest signing, Moises Caicedo, 21, rejected Liverpool’s approach to move to Stamford Bridge. Afterward, Romeo Lavia, 19, turned down Liverpool’s offer in favour of Chelsea.
The most stunning of them all is the decision of 21-year-old French and Crystal Palace winger Michael Olise to turn down a reported approach from Manchester City in favour of a move to Chelsea.
The Blues have activated Olise’s £35 million release clause and they are set to conclude negotiations on personal terms with him in the coming days.
Now, why are youngsters choosing Chelsea over other clubs in this summer transfer window?
One of the reasons most youngsters are choosing the Blues over other clubs is the obvious plans of the club to build a team for the future, a project that looks so exciting, at least on the outside, especially after Chelsea’s 1-1 draw with Liverpool in the 2023-2024 Premier League opener on Sunday, August 13.
To make that even more reasonable, coach Mauricio Pochettino is now the coach of the Stamford Bridge side, and the Argentine side is renowned for making youngsters superstars over time. He did it at Espanyol, Southampton, and Tottenham Hotspur before he had the chance to coach star-studded Paris Saint Germain where he didn’t perform so badly in terms of giving youngsters a chance.
He is known to have made players like Harry Kane, Son Heung Min, Luke Shaw, and Christian Eriksen amongst others, the superstars they are now.
These youngsters have probably seen this trait and they want to tap into it so that they can be world-beaters like the aforementioned players or even more.
Aside from that, Chelsea players are known to be among the highest-paid players in Europe, a very good possibility that would make a youngster choose the club ahead of other suitors. Imagine having the opportunity to grow in one of the biggest clubs in Europe, where you will also earn very well, and even have a chance to win titles, that is an ideal dream for every 21st century footballer.
In the same vein, those youngsters know that Chelsea are titles winning club who are ready to spend as much as possible to keep the team winning every season.
