Chelsea have offered Man United a deal worth up to £40M, including bonuses, with £35M fixed to be paid in two instalments and £5M in add-ons and bonuses.

The last couple of weeks of Chelsea’s summer have been very focused on sales, and while there’s a long way to go, they did make big progress with one triple deal in particular.

Newly promoted clubs with a bit of money are always looking for new players to elevate them to Premier League level, and all 3 promoted sides have spent a fair bit this summer. Burnley may not have splashed the cash like Sunderland, but Chelsea were able to persuade Scott Parker’s team to buy 3 Blues to try and help them stay in the division.
Bashir Humphreys, Lesley Ugochukwu and Armando Broja all joined the Clarets, with the latter two moving on for a combined £35m, with further bonuses and add ons potentially taking that higher in the future.

The Sun’s “Chelsea Files” reveals an interesting detail about how the Blues were able to get a recently promoted team to spend such sums – the Blues were happy to accept much smaller up front payments, back loading the bulk of the fees to January and beyond.

It’s pointed out that “if Burnley were relegated and felt the need to sell either player, they would have to pay Chelsea the full balance of the fee, which would give the Blues a cashflow boost.”

Chelsea now ahead of the curve on PSR and FFP

It’s only a small thing, but it’s another example of why one wants to stay ahead of the game when it comes to FFP and PSR. If Chelsea were gasping for headroom in those departments they would have needed more money up front, and perhaps wouldn’t have been able to get Burnley to pay so much in total.

So having a little headroom allowed us flexibility in payment structures, which ultimately helped us get more for these players.