{"id":2190,"date":"2026-08-25T17:07:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T17:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/footballars.xyz\/?p=2190"},"modified":"2026-08-25T17:07:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T17:07:47","slug":"the-huge-loss-chelsea-made-on-omari-kellyman-as-strasbourg-fee-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/?p=2190","title":{"rendered":"The huge loss Chelsea made on Omari Kellyman as Strasbourg fee revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Finally, Chelsea have added to the five players permanently sold this summer. Not since the sale of Trevoh Chalobah have the Blues been able to cash in on the plethora of fringe players at their disposal.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Prior to Kellyman\u2019s<\/a> departure, only five players have been permanently sold by the Blues. Marc Cucurella, Andrey Santos, Trevoh Chalobah, Tyrique George and Jimmy-Jay Morgan preceded Kellyman\u2019s departure.<\/p>\n

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Initial fees from the five sales have only equated to around \u00a3150m, far less than the \u00a3350m+ figure spent on the 11 incoming additions<\/a>. Kellyman becomes the sixth player to be permanently sold by Chelsea.<\/p>\n

The Blues have been unable to sell Benoit Badiashile, Axel Disasi and Alejandro Garnacho, though the Villa loanee is expected to meet the conditional obligation in his loan, believed to be worth about \u00a343m.<\/p>\n

How much have Chelsea managed to sell Kellyman for?<\/h2>\n

In the summer of 2024, Chelsea made the shock move to sign Kellyman from Villa for a whopping fee of \u00a319m. It was a surprise given Kellyman was largely unheard of, and many thought it was simply for FFP.<\/p>\n

Kellyman failed to make a senior debut for Chelsea and departs as one of BlueCo\u2019s worst-ever signings. According to L\u2019Equipe,<\/a> Strasbourg will pay just \u00a35m for Kellyman, as he signs a deal until June 2031.<\/p>\n

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Have Chelsea made a loss in terms of player amortisation?<\/h2>\n

Two years into his \u00a319m move, Kellyman was only \u00a37.6m of the way through the five-year process. It means that Chelsea would have had to sell the former Cardiff City loanee for \u00a311.4m to break even.<\/p>\n

The \u00a35m fee he has been sold to Strasbourg for means Chelsea have made a hefty loss of \u00a36.4m on the attacker. However, the sales of George and Chalobah represent pure profit and that covers the \u00a36.4m loss.<\/p>\n

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Is Omari Kellyman the worst signing of BlueCo\u2019s Chelsea era? \ud83d\udcc9<\/h3>\n

Strasbourg have paid just \u00a35m for the 20-year-old.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Which other players could still be sold by Chelsea?<\/h2>\n

With just over a week to go in the transfer window, Chelsea are running out of time to conduct player sales. Loans are much more likely at this stage, but the Blues will be hoping to sell more permanently.<\/p>\n

Gaga Slonina, Liam Delap, Enzo Fernandez, Nicolas Jackson and Marc Guiu are among the players they could still sell. But even Delap\u2019s move to Nottingham Forest could end up being a loan, not a sale.<\/p>\n

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