Chelsea launch NEW transfer policy

Chelsea have reportedly launched a new transfer policy following the recent sales of academy graduates Mason Mount and Conor Gallagher.

The Blues have spent over €1 billion on new signings since Roman Abramovich was replaced by Clearlake Capital and Todd Boehly in 2022, with the vast majority of their focus on purchasing the best young talents from across world football.

Several stars from the club’s Cobham academy have been offloaded in order to generate ‘pure profit’ from an FFP standpoint and Chelsea have now made a new policy in order to tie their young stars down to long-term deals.

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According to The Athletic, Chelsea have decided that any first-team or academy player (aged 18 or older) with less than two years remaining on their contract must reach an extension agreement or risk being sold.

The Blues reportedly don’t want to be “disrupted” by stars who are close to leaving the club on a Bosman deal, while they are eager to avoid similar situations to the ones that saw the aforementioned Mount and Gallagher depart Stamford Bridge.

The pair were sold, to the annoyance of Chelsea fans, when they both had just 12 months left on their contracts in west London.

The Blues held discussions with both players over an extension, but deals couldn’t be finalised and Chelsea were forced to sell. The club’s hierarchy are eager to avoid a similar scenario happening again.

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Chelsea’s new transfer policy

News of this new policy comes following Josh Acheampong’s decision to sign a fresh contract with the club this week.

The England youth international was frozen out for two months amid his refusal to pen a new deal, but he has now signed a contract that runs until 2029 and he has returned to the first-team fold under Enzo Maresca.

The likes of Marcus Bettinelli, Lucas Bergstrom, Harrison Murray-Campbell, Kiano Dyer, Sam Rak-Sakyi and Harvey Vale all have less than two years remaining on their current Chelsea deals and are therefore at risk following the launch of this new policy.