List of Chelsea's signings since Roman Abramovich bought the London club in July 2003, after the Premier League champions announced they had signed Ukraine striker Andriy Shevchenko from AC Milan for an undisclosed club record fee on Wednesday:
In: (transfer fee in million pounds sterling):
Player Date Position From Fee
Glen Johnson 15/07/03 RB West Ham United 6.0
Geremi 16/07/03 MF Real Madrid 7.02
Wayne Bridge 21/07/03 LB Southampton 7.0
Damien Duff 21/07/03 LW Blackburn Rovers 17.0
Joe Cole 06/08/03 MF West Ham United 6.6
Juan Veron 06/08/03 MF Manchester United 15.0
Adrian Mutu 14/08/03 FW Parma 15.8
Alexei Smertin 25/08/03 MF Girondins Bordeaux 3.5
Hernan Crespo 26/08/03 FW Inter Milan 16.8
Neil Sullivan 29/08/03 GK Tottenham Hotspur free
Claude Makelele 01/09/03 MF Real Madrid 16.7
Scott Parker 30/01/04 MF Charlton Athletic 10.0
Petr Cech 01/06/04 GK Rennes 7.0
Paulo Ferreira 22/06/04 RB Porto 13.2
Arjen Robben 01/07/04 LW PSV Eindhoven 12.0
Mateja Kezman 12/07/04 FW PSV Eindhoven 5.0
Didier Drogba 19/07/04 FW Olympique Marseille 24.0
Tiago 20/07/04 MF Benfica 8.0
Ricardo Carvalho 27/07/04 DF Porto 19.85
Nuno Morais 29/08/04 DF Penafiel undisc
Jiri Jarosik 06/01/05 MF CSKA Moscow 3.0
Lassana Diarra 16/07/05 MF Le Harve undisc
Asier Del Horno 21/06/05 DF Athletic Bilbao 8.0
Shaun Wright-Phillips 18/07/05 MF Manchester City 21.O
Michael Essien August 05 MF Olympique Lyon 25.98
Michael Ballack May 06 MF Bayern Munich undisc
Andriy Shevchenko May 06 FW AC Milan undisc
Total: 268.45 million pounds (US$486 million)
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Out
Player Date Position To Fee
Ed de Goey 01/07/03 GK Unattached
Jody Morris 01/07/03 MF Unattached
Gianfranco Zola 02/07/03 FW Cagliari Bosman
Gabriele Ambrosetti 16/07/03 LW Unattached
Graeme Le Saux 21/07/03 LB Southampton free
Joe Keenan 01/07/04 MF Westerlo (Belgium) free
Winston Bogarde 01/07/04 DF released
Emmanuel Petit 01/07/04 MF released
Mario Melchiot 01/07/04 RB Birmingham City free
Joel Kitamirike 01/07/04 DF released
Mbark Boussoufa 01/07/04 MF released
Sebastian Kneissl 05/07/04 FW Westerlo free
Marcel Desailly 06/07/04 DF released
Jimmy-Floyd Hasselbaink 09/07/04 FW Middlesbrough free
Mario Stanic 09/07/04 MF Retired
Carlton Cole 12/07/04 FW Aston Villa loan
Jesper Gronkjaer 12/07/04 FW Birmingham City 2.2m
Juan Veron 03/06/04 MF Inter Milan loan
Hernan Crespo 15/07/04 FW AC Milan loan
Neil Sullivan 30/07/04 GK Leeds United free
Boudewijn Zenden 02/08/04 LW Middlesbrough free
Marco Ambrosio 10/08/04 GK Grasshoppers free
Adrian Mutu 29/10/04 FW Sacked
Filipe Oliveira 06/12/04 FW Preston North End loan
Celestine Babayaro 01/01/05 LB Newcastle United undisc
Scott Parker 15/06/05 MF Newcastle United 6.5
Mikael Forssell 10/06/05 FW Birmingham City 3.0
Mateja Kezman 29/06/05 FW Atletico Madrid 5.3
Alexei Smertin 15/07/05 MF Charlton Athletic loan
Juan Sebastian Veron 24/06/05 MF Inter Milan undisc
Tiago 26/08/05 MF Olympique Lyon 6.5
Wayne Bridge 19/01/06 DF Fulham loan
Total: 23.5 million pounds ($ million)
Note: Figures derived from club websites and media reports.
Source: China Daily