Monday 2 January 2017 09:23, UK
Chelsea have spent more than any other current Premier League club during January transfer windows.
The winter window was introduced in 2002/03 and the Blues have spent an estimated £238.45m since then, according to transfermarkt.co.uk.
Former Blues boss Jose Mourinho signed Juan Cuadrado in January 2015 for £26.35m and spent nearly £50m on Nemanja Matic, Mohamed Salah and Kurt Zouma during the 2013/14 winter window.
In January 2011, Carlo Ancelotti coughed up £50m on Fernando Torres and £21.25m on David Luiz during his time at Stamford Bridge.
The 'big six' are all among the top six spenders, with Manchester City being the second-biggest January spenders with £144.59m, followed by Tottenham (£123.22m), Liverpool (£119.72m), Arsenal (£93.51m) and Manchester United (£93.47m).
At the other end of the scale, Burnley have only spent £14.29m over the last 14 winter windows, followed by West Brom on £15.44m - despite spending 10 of the last 14 years in the top flight.
Interestingly, Bournemouth spent nearly 90 per cent of their 14-year winter spending total during their inaugural Premier League season last year, splashing £19.5m on Benik Afobe (£11.5m) and Lewis Grabban (£8m).
Chelsea may have spent more than any other club, but they've also recouped the most during winter windows since 2003/04.
The Blues have sold £150.94m of talent in that time, followed by Liverpool (£92.67m), Tottenham (£54.90m) and Swansea (£46.46m).
Chelsea sold midfielder Ramires to Chinese Super League side JS Suning for £21m in January this year and the Blues' income looks set to boom further following Oscar's proposed £60m move to China's Shanghai SIPG.
Bournemouth have recouped the least from January player sales with £1.64m, followed by Hull City (£2.32m), Leicester (£3.02m) and Burnley (£8.19m) - although all four clubs combined have only competed in 10 top flight seasons since 2003/04.
In terms of net spending, Manchester City have spent more than any other club with £112.35m, spending £144.59m and recouping just £32.25m from player sales.
Once again, the 'big six' clubs are the six biggest net spenders, with Chelsea in second (£87.51m), followed by Arsenal (£78.32m), Manchester United (74.54m) and Tottenham (£68.32m).
Only Swansea and West Brom have made a net profit from January transfers since 2003/04.
The Swans have made £23.97m over the last 14 years after selling Wilfried Bony to Manchester City for £27m in January last year and West Brom have made a £4.52m surplus over the same period.
