Ian Mallon: How Chelsea trade a fine line between trick and financial fair play

Chelsea owner Todd Boehly looks dejected. Photo credit: John Walton/PA Wire.

AS another astonishing Premier League transfer window draws to a close next week there are so many talking points from a financial period for which there were few limits.

Like the previous two trading periods, all the talk inevitably centres around Chelsea and what has been a world record period of investment for a club, eighth on the global Deloitte Football Money League 2023.