In this episode we put on our imaginary sporting director hats and take on the ultimate challenge—how should Chelsea have spent that £1 billion? Inspired by a brilliant tweet, we’re building our own 25-man Chelsea squad with a mandatory five Cobham graduates and only players transferred between 2022 and 2024, all while sticking to their actual transfer fees. No take-backs, no discounts, just cold, hard (and sometimes painful) reality.
Who gets in? Who gets left out? And most importantly—could we have spent the money better than Todd Boehly and Co.? (Spoiler: almost certainly).
The team also deep dive into another wild week of news and as always also answer some listener questions.
RUNNING ORDER:
00:00 The Start & Shevva's Shoutouts
06:30 News: PR Briefings And Chelsea Draw FC Copenhagen In The Conference League
14:14 How Chelsea Should Have Spent Their £1 Billion Transfer Budget
45:34 Match Preview: Aston Villa vs Chelsea
49:12 Quaresma's Questions
52:36 Loan Army Carousel
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(This episode was recorded on 21st February 2025)
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