A lot of pundits believe that Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho did the best bit of business in summer transfer window this season – with Chelsea making a profit while bringing in the likes of Diego Costa and Cesc Fabregas.
The Chelsea boss now claims that future summer signings will be more like this one – with the club spending under a hundred million pounds on star players unlike previous years.
He also believes that Financial Fair Play will end Chelsea’s days as big spenders – and says they will never match the £60 million fee Manchester United invested on Angel Di Maria.
‘We are making money to be able to spend money. In every transfer window Chelsea is losing players, is selling players,’ Mourinho told Eurosport.
Chelsea’s commercial revenue is far behind that of Manchester United – who have spent big on the likes of Di Maria and Luke Shaw during the summer – with the Blues bringing in just £30m a season from a kit deal with Adidas compared to United’s new £75m-a-year sponsorship.
But Mourinho has no problems with cutting his spending after previously working on a shoe-string budget at Porto.
‘Chelsea in this moment is not a spender – Chelsea in this moment is making more money in transfers than the money we spend.
‘So Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern, Manchester (United) – all these huge teams, I think they have an advantage.’