Chelsea Spend £40 million on Right Back!

Chelsea have today had an offer accepted for FC Porto and Portugal right back, Jose Bosingwa (25). The fee shall be in the region of £16.2m.

It's a lot of money in today's transfer market for a right back, but we shouldn't be too surprised.

The position of right back has become one of Chelsea's problem areas under Roman Abramovich and he has now thrown a staggering £40 m at the position in just five years!

Funny, considering long time assistant Steve Clarke was a more than capable right back.

Firstly, Glen Johnson, signed from West Ham United for £6m. Sadly, after a promising start, he failed to live up to expectations at Chelsea. The Englishman has since moved on to Portsmouth, where he has signed a permanent deal. 

The 23-year old has re-found the form of his early career and will take his place in Fabio Capello's next England squad after being called up by the Italian yesterday.

He was followed to Stamford Bridge by the previous Porto and Portugal full back, Paulo Ferriera. £13.2m was a total overspend, and the defender has never justified such a price tag.

Ferriera (29) has been in and out of the team over the years, both at right and left back. He signed a new five-year contract not too long ago, and his future at Chelsea seems assured, even if it's in a bit part role.

Last summer, Jose Mourinho looked to Juliano Belletti of Barcelona as his next first-choice right back. The former Villarreal player signed for a reported £4.6m and has made the full back position his own this season.

Interestingly though, with Ferriera's contract extension and the likelihood of Bosingwa joining the club, it doesn't look too rosy a future for the 31-year old Brazilian.

Bosingwa's fee takes total spending to £40m, and one can only think he will struggle to justify such a fee. He won't have too much problem becoming Chelsea's first-choice right back though, but as those mentioned above have already discovered:

It's a hell of a job trying to keep it!