I think Chelsea have slowly turned into a selling club, -snip-
That's a mad sentence, but it did happen this window. I also think they're "forced" to become a selling club because they brought in so many players in the past. I remember reading an article saying that since Todd takeover, Chelsea has spent 1 billion euros in three transfer windows. That's a huge number, but recouping 300 million doesn't sound that much. I don't know if those stats are updated to the latest window or not, but some people suggest they need to figure out the best 11 and stick with it to get cohesion if their goal is the EPL.
You’re absolutely correct, I think they were forced at some point, because they have made some bad decisions with some of the players they have brought in the past seasons and some of the players asking to leave because of lack of playing time, the numbers that you have mentioned is actually true with the players they have brought into the club in the past 3 seasons, they have spent a huge amount of money just bringing those players, the number is more than 1 billion if this transfer window is included.
Now why I said they are forced is because, they have PSR and FFP against them, they have been forced to make some financial decision by selling some of the properties to the co-owner BlueCo like the hotel they sold and selling the female team just to be in position with the PSR, and if they had to continue buying players, they had to sell and make some profits and maintain their Profit sustainability Rules that is why they have sold some players, I also think Chelsea is a badly run club by Todd Boehly who have made some huge mess with his transfer policies.