Chelsea under BlueCo ownership have come up with a policy of signing young talented players and handing them a long-term contract.

Enzo Fernandez and Mykhailo Mudryk were both signed for huge money by the club.

Chelsea signed Enzo Fernandez in a £106.8million deal from Benfica in January 2023, and also signed Mykhailo Mudryk for £88.5m from Shakhtar Donetsk in the same window.

According to reports, Chelsea have now triggered the option to extend their contract by another year.

Chelsea have exercised options to extend Enzo Fernandez and Mykhailo Mudryk’s long-term contracts, that will see them play for the club into their 30s.

Enzo Fernandez will be 31 when his contract expires, while Mudryk will be 30 at the end of his.

FA documents have revealed Fernandez has eight years left on his £180,000-a-week deal which runs until 2032, while Mudryk has seven years on his £97,000-a-week deal until 2031.

The FA released this data as part of their annual agent payments report last week.

That report also showed Chelsea paid a record £75.1m on agent’s fees over the 12-month period to February 2024.