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🚨 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐃: Ivan Toney’s salary at Al Ahli make him one of the best paid English players 🇸🇦
Toney’s four-year deal will land him basic pay of around £𝟒𝟎𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤 after tax, as revealed by Telegraph.
Add-ons and performance-related bonuses would take his salary to towards £500k/week across his contract.
To earn the same take-home pay in the UK after tax, it would need a fixed salary close to £1 million per week.
𝐓𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐧 £𝟓𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐚 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝 after Ivan joined from Peterborough United… in League One 😮
Al Ahli invested €40m as transfer fee for Toney, after Victor Osimhen deal collapsed on UK Deadline Day.

🔵⚠️ Malo Gusto has withdrawn from the France Under-21 squad because of a thigh injury, Chelsea confirm.

🚨 𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆: Mauricio Pochettino set to sign in this week as new USMNT head coach! 🇺🇸🤝🏻
After verbal agreement weeks ago, all legal topics are being resolved and the contracts are almost ready…
If all goes to plan, formal steps could follow this week for Poch to join USA… he’s ready for 2026 World Cup.

🔵🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chelsea confirm Jadon Sancho to train with Enzo Maresca and his staff during international break.
He’s already in good shape and ready for debut as #CFC player vs Bournemouth, end of next week.

Chelsea ‘open to Turkey loan’ for £200k-a-week outcast with ‘no prospect’ of return under Maresca

Chelsea are reportedly willing to send Ben Chilwell out on loan to a club in Turkey with their transfer window open until September 18.

Chilwell has been told he has no future at Chelsea and a move to the Turkish Super Lig looks to be the only option with the transfer window closed across the top European leagues.

Clubs in Turkey have already benefitted from their transfer window remaining open, with Galatasaray completing the shock signing of Victor Osimhen from Napoli.

Osimhen emerged as an option for the Turkish giants following an injury to star striker Mauro Icardi.

Clubs across Turkey could now be on red alert with Chelsea open to loaning Chilwell out having told the player he is not in Enzo Maresca’s plans.

Chilwell was one of the Blues’ vice-captains last season and was signed for a whopping £45million from Leicester City in 2020.

Chelsea striker David Datro Fofana has been linked with a move away from the club this summer.

The 21-year-old striker was on loan at Burnley last season and he does not have a future at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea do not plan to use him this season and they are ready to get rid of him.

According to journalist Kieran Gill from Daily Mail, Chelsea are now working to secure his exit before the transfer window closes across Europe. While the Premier League transfer window has closed, it remains open in other European countries.

The report states that Greek outfit AEK Athens is keen on signing the 21-year-old striker and talks are ongoing between the two clubs. It remains to be seen whether they can finalise an agreement quickly.

Of the 12 players Chelsea made transfer announcements for over the summer, only six will actually cost the club money this year. The total spent on that group is still over £200million.

Going the other way out of Stamford Bridge and more than £170million was recouped from sales as the squad once more changed significantly. This is without considering Raheem Sterling, Carney Chukwuemeka, Trevoh Chalobah, and Ben Chilwell.

None of that quartet actually brought Chelsea in any transfer fees although the club would have been open to permanent exits for them all. Of the large loan group (including Chalobah, Kepa Arrizabalaga, Djordje Petrovic, and Armando Broja) there is a large set that will be up for sale in less than 12 months time when the summer window is open again.

ESPN report – 4 September 2024:

‘The Premier League have cleared Chelsea’s £76.5 million ($101m) sale of two hotels to a sister company in a deal which aids their compliance with the division’s profit and sustainability rules (PSR), sources have told ESPN.

In the club’s accounts for the 2022-23 financial year published in April, it was revealed that the west London club made a loss of £89.9m, but that figure would have been £166.4m had they not sold the Millennium and Copthorne hotels adjacent to Stamford Bridge.

The deal meant the two properties changed ownership from Chelsea FC Holdings Ltd to BlueCo 22 Properties Ltd. Both companies are subsidiaries of Chelsea’s holding company, BlueCo 22 Ltd.

While UEFA and the English Football League bans such sales, the Premier League allows them to take place subject to an assessment of their “fair market value” under the league’s associated-party transaction rules.

ESPN can reveal that according to sources, this process has now been completed and the deals were found to be within an acceptable margin relating to estimates of the hotels’ valuation had they been sold to another bidder.

A source close to Clearlake Capital, the majority owner of Chelsea, told ESPN the club are confident of complying with the rules both in previous seasons and in the 2024-25 accounting period.’