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Joao Pedro has won £55 million, Chelsea has poached 14 people from Brighton in three years

Chelsea have paid Brighton a transfer fee of up to £257 million, enough for them to repair three American Express community stadiums (Brighton home court).

Since Todd Burley became the chairman of the Chelsea club in 2022, the "Blue Army" has poached 14 people from the "Seagulls", including 6 players and 8 coaches and other staff.

The latest one is striker Joao Pedro, who is worth £5 million (another £5 million floating clause), and his transfer will be settled within a few days.

In the summer of 2022, Burleigh had just taken over Chelsea for only more than a month. Young players Zach Stitch and Shumaira Mkha became the first players to transfer to Chelsea from Brighton, followed by the arrival of defender Kukurelia, whose transfer cost Chelsea £62 million.

Later, Brighton head coach Porter was also recruited to Stamford Bridge. Just a few weeks after the 2022-23 season began, Burley decided to fire head coach Tuchel, and Porter was seen as the best candidate to lead the team forward for a long time.

As part of the agreement with Brighton, the Blues paid more than £21 million in compensation, and Porter also brought five subordinates - Billy Reed, Bjorn Hanberg, Bruno Salto, Ben Roberts and Kyle McCauley.

However, Porter was fired just seven months after taking office. Except for Macaulay and Roberts, the other three left with Porter.

In December 2022, Paul Winstanley was appointed as Chelsea's sports director, becoming another person to jump from the American Express community stadium to Stamford Bridge. The price of this job change was that Chelsea was forced to pay another compensation.

In February 2024, Sam Jerwell transferred from Brighton to Chelsea to serve as the club's global scouting network, responsible for player negotiations.

When Jewell arrived in West London, Chelsea had poached eight coaches or staff from Brighton. In terms of players, the Blues signed Ecuadorian midfielder Moises Kessedo from Brighton in August 2023 for £115 million. In order to defeat Liverpool's competition, the price they gave broke the UK's transfer record.

The same month, they also spent £25 million to sign goalkeeper Robert Sanchez from Brighton.

Despite Kesedo's outstanding performance, Sanchez struggled at Stamford Bridge and was at risk of losing his No. 1 goalkeeper position at any time.

Now, Joao Pedro is the sixth player to move from Brighton to Chelsea in three years, with Maresca and his team defeating Newcastle in the competition last weekend to sign the striker.

Two years ago, Joao Pedro transferred from Watford to Brighton for £29.3 million, and fans of the Seagulls have witnessed his progress here. In the 2024-25 season, he made 27 appearances in the Premier League, contributing 10 goals and 6 assists. During his time at Brighton, he made a total of 70 appearances in various competitions, scoring a total of 30 goals and another 10 assists.

However, although Joao Pedro has had a highlight moment in Brighton, it remains to be seen whether he can continue his outstanding performance after transferring to Chelsea. Not to mention that there are powerful centers like Nicholas Jackson and Phoenix, who cannot be promoted, in the transfer market this summer, they also bought Ipswich's forward Drapp, and are very likely to sign 20-year-old Gittens from Dortmund. In addition, Estewan, Dario Essugo, Mamadu Saar, Kendri Paes and others join. Chelsea's spending on new players this summer is expected to exceed the 200 million euro mark for the fourth consecutive season, among which the competition on the front line will be extremely fierce.

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