In tonight’s Champions League fixture Chelsea travel to Germany to face Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund for the first time in history.
Chelsea will be looking to use the Champions League as a distraction from their current Premier League form. The Blues are currently in 10th place and have spent north of £5oom since Todd Boehly’s takeover last summer.
Dortmund are having a slightly better time in the Bundesliga as they sit in third place and are only three points behind their fierce rivals, Bayern Munich. However their transfer business is far less boastful than their Champions League opponents, with summer signing Sebastian Haller being their second most expensive signing at £29m.
Let’s take a look at each sides’ Champions League squad value, per Transfermarkt.
Chelsea squad value:
Goalkeepers: Kepa Arrizabalaga (£15m), Lucas Bergstrom (£250k), Marcus Bettinelli (£2m)
Total: £17.25m
Defenders: Cesar Azplilicueta (£8m), Trevor Chalobah (£22m), Ben Chilwell (£38m), Marc Cucurella (£55m), Wesley Fofana (£65m), Lewis Hall (£5m) Reece James (£70m), Kalidou Koulibaly (£35m), Thiago Silva (£2m)
Total: £300m
Midfielders: Carney Chukwumeka (£15m), Enzo Fernandez (£55m), Connor Gallagher (£32m), Mateo Kovacic (£40m), Ruben Loftus-Cheek (£25m), Mason Mount (£75m), Denis Zakaria (£20m)
Total: £262
Forwards: Joao Felix (£50m), Kai Havertz (£70m), Mykhaylo Mudryk (£40m), Hakim Ziyech (£20m)
Total: £180m
Overall: £742m
Our first time at this iconic venue!
A few things to know. 🧵#UCL pic.twitter.com/lmLsu3fHhp
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) February 15, 2023
Borussia Dortmund squad value:
Goalkeepers: Gregor Kobel (£25m), Alexander Meyer (£1m), Luca Unbehuan (£1m)
Total: £27m
Defenders: Soumalia Coulibaly (£1m), Raphael Guerriero (£20m), Mats Hummels (£6.5m), Thomas Meunier (£6.5m), Antonious Papadopoulous (£600k), Felix Passlack (£1.5m), Tom Rothe (£3.5m), Juilan Ryerson (£7.5m), Nicho Schlotterbeck (£33m), Niklas Sule (£35m)
Total: £116.1m
Midfielders: Jude Bellingham (£110m), Julian Brandt (£28m), Emre Can (£14m), Mahmoud Dahoud (£18m), Goktan Gurpuz (£300k), Salih Ozcan (£17m), Gio Reyna (£35m), Marco Reus (£9m), Marius Wolf (£6.5m)
Total: £237.8m
Forwards: Karim Adeyemi (£35m), Jamie Bynoe-Gittens (£8m), Sebastian Haller (£35m), Donyell Malen (£20m), Anthony Modeste (£4m), Youssoufa Moukoko (£30m)
Total: £132m
Overall: £485.9m
It's going to be… pic.twitter.com/JLG73aXEsX
— Borussia Dortmund (@BlackYellow) February 15, 2023
With Chelsea’s value being a whopping £250m more than the German’s side, supporters of the Blues will be hoping for a performance to match their financial superiority.
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