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| Chelsea Footballl Club,Best players |
| Date | Player | Bought from | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 1905 |  Bob McRoberts | Small Heath | £100 |
| October 1907 |  Fred Rouse | Everton | £900 |
| October 1919 | Jack Cock | Huddersfield Town | £2,500 |
| December 1920 | Tommy Meehan | Manchester United | £3,300 |
| November 1923 | Andrew Wilson | Middlesbrough | £6,500 |
| May 1930 | Hughie Gallacher | Newcastle United | £10,000 |
| November 1945 | Tommy Lawton | Everton | £14,000 |
| November 1950 | Eric Parsons | West Ham United | £23,000 |
| December 1961 |  Graham Moore | Cardiff City | £35,000 |
| April 1962 | Derek Kevan | West Bromwich Albion | £45,000 |
| April 1966 | Charlie Cooke | Dundee | £72,000 |
| October 1966 | Tony Hateley | Aston Villa | £100,000 |
| September 1971 | Steve Kember | Crystal Palace | £170,000 |
| July 1974 | David Hay | Celtic | £225,000 |
| September 1985 | Mickey Hazard | Tottenham Hotspur | £300,000 |
| May 1986 | Gordon Durie | Hibernian | £380,000 |
| July 1987 | Tony Dorigo | Aston Villa | £475,000 |
| January 1989 | Dave Beasant | Newcastle United | £725,000 |
| July 1990 | Dennis Wise | Wimbledon | £1.6M |
| July 1992 | Robert Fleck | Norwich City | £2.1M |
| May 1993 | Paul Furlong | Watford | £2.3M |
| June 1996 |  Frank Leboeuf | Strasbourg | £2.5M |
| July 1996 |  Roberto Di Matteo | Lazio | £4.9M |
| May 1998 | Pierluigi Casiraghi | Lazio | £5.4M |
| July 1999 | Chris Sutton | Blackburn Rovers | £10M |
| June 2000 |  Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink | Atlético Madrid | £15M |
| July 2003 |  Damien Duff | Blackburn Rovers | £17M |
| July 2004 |  Didier Drogba | Marseille | £24M |
| August 2005 |  Michael Essien | Lyon | £24.4M |
| May 2006 |  Andriy Shevchenko | Milan | £30.8M |
| January 2011 |  Fernando Torres | Liverpool | £50M |
