Chelsea set to pay world-record fee for player as Todd Boehly spending spree continues

Under Todd Boehly, Chelsea has not stopped spending. They are about to pay a world record amount for a 14-year-old Brighton and Hove Albion wonderkid.

Since American billionaire Todd Boehly acquired Chelsea in 2022, the club has by far been the Premier League’s most aggressive spender.

The team finished 12th in the Premier League previous season, demonstrating a dramatic decline in performance on the pitch despite Boehly spending an astounding 1.1 billion euros on acquisitions.

The 2021 Champions League winners haven’t had a great season either; they’re still in the middle of the pack and lost badly to Liverpool in the Carabao Cup final, which was without several important players.

Chelsea is apparently about to make a record-breaking deal, despite players like Moises Caicedo and Mykhailo Mudryk arriving for enormous prices and having little effect.

Nevertheless, Chelsea isn’t setting the price this time around.

According to reports from Football Insider, the club will have to shell out an incredible £4.25 million for a player they signed in 2022.

The player in question is Shumaira Mheuka, a 16-year-old from Brighton who joined the team at the age of 14.

According to the source, Chelsea has been instructed to give Brighton a record-breaking £4.25 million for the 14-year-old Shumaira Mheuka. Chelsea was just sentenced by a tribunal to pay an initial £1 million, with add-ons of £4.25 million if performance stipulations are fulfilled.

The transfer of Mheuka will cost £1 million up front, with an additional £4.25 million possible. The entire sum would be awarded to Brighton & Hove Albion should Mheuka play 100 games for Chelsea.

The transfer of Mheuka will cost £1 million up front, with an additional £4.25 million possible.

Only if Mheuka plays 100 games for Chelsea and obtains an England cap—which isn’t too outlandish considering the excitement around the young player—would Brighton collect the entire sum.

Mheuka, who was born in Zimbabwe and raised in England, became a member of Brighton & Hove Albion at the age of nine. After going through Brighton & Hove Albion’s system, he signed for Chelsea at the age of fourteen, having already made his under-18 debut.

The current British record fee for a 14-year-old according to Transfermarkt is the £2 million Liverpool paid to MK Dons for Sheyi Ojo, a record Chelsea could be set to double with Mheuka.