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title: "Chelsea: Ben Chilwell to become the club’s highest paid player"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/ben-chilwell-set-to-become-chelsea-highest-paid-player/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Georgia Goulding"
section: "Chelsea Football Club"
published: "2020-08-27T08:30:01Z"
modified: "2020-08-27T08:30:01Z"
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# Chelsea: Ben Chilwell to become the club’s highest paid player

**Chelsea have [confirmed the arrival](https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2020/08/26/chilwell-transfer-to-chelsea-confirmed?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=orgsoc&utm_campaign=none) of transfer target Ben Chilwell from Leicester.**

After the valiant attempts from the Foxes to keep hold of the England international, Chelsea have managed to get their man. An update from The Telegraph’s John Percy (via [Sportslens](https://sportslens.com/john-percy-chelsea-to-complete-ben-chilwell-deal-in-the-next-72-hours/309710/)), suggested that both clubs settled on a £50million transfer fee.

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[Roman Abramovich recently gave the green light](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/chelsea-fc-transfer-rumours/roman-abramovich-gives-green-light-for-mega-150-million-chelsea-transfer-target-splurge/) to spend that exact amount on Chilwell. The Russian has backed Frank Lampard in this transfer window and wants him to spend a minimum of £150m in the bulk purchase of the Leicester left-back, Declan Rice and Kai Havertz.

It has also been confirmed that Chilwell has signed a five-year deal, with [Percy suggesting](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2020/08/25/ben-chilwell-join-chelsea-five-year-deal-week/) he will earn £190,000 per week. [According to Spotrac,](https://www.spotrac.com/epl/chelsea-fc/payroll/) this will see the Englishman overtake Christian Pulisic as the highest earning player at the club.

The arrival of the full-back will be a welcome sight after Lampard has stressed the importance of bolstering his defence. With the manager [completely unhappy](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/chelsea-fc-transfer-rumours/chelsea-frank-lampard-offload-kepa-transfer-rumours-doubts/) with Kepa Arrizabalaga and a minimum of [four defenders](https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/frank-lampard-steps-up-ben-chilwell-bid-with-defensive-clear-out-20qbd7q2t?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter%23Echobox%3D1596456302&wgu=270525_54264_15984567794042_81add69990&wgexpiry=1606232779&utm_source=planit&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_content=22278) potentially being sold, the signing of Chilwell could set the tone for things to come.

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The Blues have stacked themselves high in attack following the arrivals of Hakim Ziyech and Timo Werner. Now, they could also be looking at two new solid senior defenders, with [Thiago Silva also set to join](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/chelsea-fc-transfer-rumours/danny-mills-predicts-zlatan-ibrahimovic-style-impact-from-thiago-silva-chelsea-transfer/) the West London outfit.

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