Chelsea have £104m worth of talent out on loan transfers this season with £30m-plus wage bill amid financial woes

CHELSEA'S loan army will earn a staggering £30MILLION in wages this season amid the club's financial woes.

The club, as usual, shipped out a whole host of talent in the 2021-22 campaign from academy rising stars to experienced internationals.

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In total, Chelsea currently have 24 players representing other clubs around England and across Europe.

And according to , their cumulative salaries for the whole season total £30.17m.

That works out as a hefty £603,507 per week for a club now unable to take in new money amid the sanctions relating to Roman Abramovich.

However, it is unclear how much of that is offset by loaning clubs paying fees or covering part of the wages.

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Flop mega-money midfielders Danny Drinkwater (£6.2m) at Reading and AC Milan man Tiemoue Bakayoko (£5.7m) make up a huge chunk of the total.

They are followed by the likes of Baba Rahman (£4.9m), Emerson (£2.3m) and Billy Gilmour (£2.2m) who are at Reading, Lyon and Norwich respectively.

But it is Conor Gallagher and Armando Broja who are enjoying the most successful spell away from Stamford Bridge.

Gallagher, with Crystal Palace, has racked up eight goals and five assists to earn senior England call-ups while Broja has nine goals for Southampton.

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The total market value of Chelsea's loaned players is £103m - just shy of Manchester United (£104m) and Tottenham (£105m).

However, it is Arsenal who boast the highest total market value of players out on loan at £110m.

Unsurprisingly, it is the same top four in terms of wages, too.

However, Anthony Martial and Donny van de Beek's January exits contribute to United being second on £28.5m.

Arsenal are third on £26.1m with Spurs behind on £18.8m, followed by Aston Villa (£16.7m) and Wolves (£12m).

Liverpool are 11th in the table at just shy of £6m while Leicester (£4m) pip Manchester City (£3.9m) in 14th.

West Ham (£1.2m), Everton (£1.1m) - clearly excluding the £50,000 per week Juventus are paying for Moise Kean - and Crystal Palace (£700k) make up the bottom three.

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Chelsea loan army 2021-22

Sami Tlemcani (to Merstham)
Ethan Wady (to Hendon)
Karlo Žiger (to Rudar Velenje)
Nathan Baxter (to Hull City)
Jamie Cumming (to Milton Keynes Dons)
Dujon Sterling (to Blackpool)
Henry Lawrence (to Wimbledon)
Levi Colwill (to Huddersfield Town)
Jake Clarke-Salter (to Coventry City)
Ian Maatsen (to Coventry City)
Juan Castillo (to Charlton Athletic)
Ethan Ampadu (to Venezia)

Matt Miazga (to Alavés)
Baba Rahman (to Reading)
Emerson (to Lyon)
Tiémoué Bakayoko (to AC Milan)
Billy Gilmour (to Norwich City)
Danny Drinkwater (to Reading)
Conor Gallagher (to Crystal Palace)
Tino Anjorin (to Huddersfield Town)
Mason Burstow (to Charlton Athletic)
Armando Broja (to Southampton)
Michy Batshuayi (to Beşiktaş)
Bryan Fiabema (to Rosenborg)