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The 2023–24 season was Chelsea Football Club's 118th year in existence and 35th consecutive season in the top flight of English football. Prior to this season, former Chelsea captain César Azpilicueta left the club at the end of his contract after eleven consecutive seasons, signing for Atlético Madrid in his native Spain.
On 20 January 2023, Premier League club Chelsea signed Madueke on a seven-and-a-half-year contract, [15] [16] for an estimated transfer fee of £28.5 million (€33 million). [17] He scored his first goal for the club on 2 May, in a 3–1 league defeat away to Arsenal. [18]
The 2023–24 English football winter transfer window ran from 1 January to 1 February 2024. [1] Players without a club may be signed at any time, clubs may sign players on loan dependent on their league's regulations, and clubs may sign a goalkeeper on an emergency loan if they have no registered senior goalkeeper available.
In March 2023, it was reported that Richards signed a pre-contract deal with Chelsea. [3] [7] On 24 June 2023, it was announced that Richards would join the club after his 18th birthday. [8] [9] The move was officially completed on 12 January 2024. [10] On 8 February 2024, Richards debuted for Chelsea u18s in a FA Youth Cup tie. [11]
In 2023, he signed an eight-year deal at Chelsea for a reported fee of £32 million. Jackson made his senior international debut for Senegal in 2022. He was chosen for the 2022 FIFA World Cup and the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations .
In Lampard's first match on 8 April 2023, Chelsea lost 0–1 in an away game against Wolves. [23] Chelsea ended the season in 12th place after only managing 1 win and 2 draws, while sustaining 6 losses, in their nine league games under Lampard ending with a home draw to Newcastle United, capping off a turbulent first season under new ownership.
Chilwell signed a new contract with Chelsea on 11 April 2023, keeping him at the club until the summer of 2027. [43] In August, he was named as Chelsea's new vice-captain, acting as deputy to Reece James. [44] On 25 February 2024, Chilwell captained Chelsea in the 2024 EFL Cup Final where they lost 1–0 to Liverpool. [45]
Mount left Chelsea in July 2023 and was signed by Manchester United for an initial transfer fee of £55 million. Mount won the UEFA European Under-19 Championship with the England national under-19 team in 2017. He made his senior debut in 2019, aged 20, and was part of the England team at UEFA Euro 2020 and the 2022 FIFA World Cup.