Kenyon: Spending spree unlikely

[the wes 7,212]

Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon has warned that any signings in the summer will have to be financed by selling players after the club announced losses of £65.7million for the last financial year.

Despite the losses, Chelsea insist they are committed to breaking even by 2010 - but that means very limited funds available for new signings.

Kenyon said: "We have set ourselves ambitious targets... to require zero cash funding from the owner at the beginning of the financial year 2009/2010.

"We have consistently advocated the aim of self-sufficiency which has always been supported by the owner. We are hopeful of being close to these targets in the time-frames we have set given the underlying strengths of the business.

"Success on the field is a key part of this. But in line with our long-stated business aims, any squad structuring in the summer will be funded prominently by sales as we have consistently reduced our net transfer spend over the last five years and will attempt to continue this trend."

The latest figures include £23.1million paid in compensation to Jose Mourinho, Avram Grant and five coaching staff. It does not include any pay-off for Luiz Felipe Scolari, sacked on Monday, however.

The figures do represent another improvement after last year's losses of £74.8million, £80.2million the previous year, and record losses of £140million in 2004/2005.

Chelsea's wage bill remains comfortably the biggest in the Premier League at £148.5million 70.6% of their turnover. Manchester United' by contrast was £106million in 2006/7, 43.6% of turnover.

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has also reduced the debt the club owe to him personally by half, turning the £369.9million of his loans into shares in the club. It still means however that Chelsea owe him £339.8m as an interest-free loan.

Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck said he hoped the move by Abramovich would silence the doubters over the Russian's commitment to the club.

Buck said: "Following the conversion of half of the interest-free loans into equity there should now be no doubt as to the owner's commitment to the club and the stability of the company's funding structure.

"We have always believed that this 'debt', now reduced by 50%, has been misrepresented. Chelsea has no external debt and makes no punitive interest payments to external funders."

[Alee. 182]

Out : Deco, Malouda, Drogba.

In : Quaresma (Permanent), A striker (Benzema? ) .

Edited February 13, 2009 by ChelseaBoi

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Benzema ?

Well, we've made an improvement on last year - the sackings of Grant and Mourinho cost us £23 million.

[the wes 7,212]

the list of player's i value at and to sell in the summer

Drogba £15m

Balllack free

Malouda £7m if we are lucky a enough

Deco £4m

Ivanović £9m

[the wes 7,212]

[bombayblue™ 55]

[Kez 2,727]

We sold Bridge and didnt use any of that money!

[zinctek 402]

we need to get rid of the following for the wage bill

Drobga

N.Anelka

Ballack

Deco

F.M

They are all big wage bills that dont need paying. and get some young players like 20 to 25 years old who would be happy to play for 30k a week and if they become stars they will get a reward of getting 100k a year if they dont we get rid and look for other players

Chelsea players who dont work for there cash have it far to easy! them 5 above shouldnt even get min wage!

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Why are people so keen to get rid of Anelka? You do know his goals have actually given us a chance to win something...

[the wes 7,212]

[misschief 24]

I was thinking that this morning. He's bagged 20 this season and could well hit 30 by May and yet there's still a huge amount of supporters saying we should sell him. Why ffs??? What would our goal difference look like without Anelka's contribution? Because Didier Fucking Drogba certainly hasn't contributed to it.

As for anything Kenyon's got to say.......FUCK OFF AND GO TO CITY YOU TWAT!

[Badboy 1,526]

I think anelka is quality he is the second best finisher in the league.

[Kez 2,727]

We'd be fucked without Anelka's goals

[Elliott 7]

Anelka wasn't being used right by Scolari in the last few months, thus he looked to be turning useless. But if we can turn out the 4-4-2 with regularity, Anelka can grab many more.