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title: "Chelsea: Jacobs makes ‘aggressive’ transfer claim"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Mark Murphy"
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published: "2023-01-30T20:10:33Z"
modified: "2023-01-30T20:10:33Z"
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# Chelsea: Jacobs makes ‘aggressive’ transfer claim

**CBS Sports journalist Ben Jacobs has claimed that [Chelsea](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/chelsea-fc-transfer-rumours/) will be ‘aggressive’ in the last few days of the January transfer window.**

### The Lowdown: Busy January

[Graham Potter](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/tag/graham-potter/) has seen seven [new faces](https://www.football.london/chelsea-fc/transfer-news/chelsea-january-transfers-mykhailo-mudryk-25962317) arrive at Stamford Bridge this month, with Joao Felix, Mykhailo Mudryk and Malo Gusto just some of the names who joined the [Premier League](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/premier-league-news/) side this January.

The Blues are also in ‘talks’ with Benfica to land midfielder Enzo Fernandez, with Fabrizio Romano [claiming](https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1620048970851696640) that Chelsea are proposing a fee of €120m (£105.4m) in ‘different instalments’.

### The Latest: Still active

Jacobs claimed that midfield is an area that Chelsea want to strengthen when speaking to [GiveMeSport](https://www.givemesport.com/88110171-chelsea-transfer-news-january-window-update), as he expects them to push hard in the remaining hours of the window.

He stated: “Chelsea will surprise us in the final few days of the window – Chelsea will be aggressive in the final few days of the window.

“This is down to the fact that despite their big spending and a lot of exciting, creative-minded players coming in like Mudryk, Madueke and Felix, one of their priorities at the beginning of the window was a midfielder.

“They still haven’t got a midfielder and there’s only a few days left of the window.”

### The Verdict: A huge rebuild

We believe that the massive spending by Chelsea is due to the fact they’re looking at rebuilding their squad as it’s Potter’s first window in charge since his [appointment](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12692969/graham-potter-announced-as-chelseas-new-head-coach).

A number of the Blues’ summer signings already look like [poor](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11668/12599289/chelsea-transfer-news-and-rumours-summer-transfer-window-2022) bits of business, as [Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/pierre-emerick-aubameyang/leistungsdaten/spieler/58864), [Marc Cucurella](https://fbref.com/en/players/1daec722/Marc-Cucurella) and [Kalidou Koulibaly](https://fbref.com/en/players/da974c7b/Kalidou-Koulibaly) have flattered to deceive.

Chelsea’s spending in recent times has been heavily criticised by many, including [TalkSport’s](https://talksport.com/football/1305236/chelsea-todd-boehly-mykhailo-mudryk-graham-potter/) Danny Murphy, who labelled their transfer activity as ‘ludicrous’.

The money spent by Potter’s side has certainly been ridiculous as far as the amount is concerned, but this is a Chelsea side that is [severely underperforming](https://www.skysports.com/premier-league-table) this season.

That being said, questions have to be asked in terms of [Financial Fair Play](https://www.premierleague.com/news/102374). It appears there’s a loophole within the regulations of FFP and the Blues have been able to spend money on players as they end up paying the transfer fees and wages over [a longer period](https://www.si.com/soccer/2023/01/27/todd-boehly-transfer-strategy-chelsea-risk-mudryk-ffp) rather than in one go – though [UEFA is taking steps](https://www.football365.com/news/opinion-chelsea-hit-the-limits-of-uefas-financial-fair-plays-contract-limitations) to prevent this in the future.