Inside Chelsea’s monster transfer clearout with 25 PLAYERS shipped out for £216.5million… and another TEN could follow
CHELSEA are undergoing a HUGE overhaul of their squad ahead of Mauricio Pochettino’s first season in charge of the club.
The Argentine, 51, is hoping to resurrect the Blues after a dismal campaign saw them finish 12th in the Premier League table.
New owner Todd Boehly shelled out £600million across the last two transfer windows in a remarkable six months of manic dealings.
And now they are looking to recoup some of those funds in a bid to stay within Financial Fair Play regulations.
An astonishing 25 PLAYERS have already exited Stamford Bridge this summer.
And another TEN could yet join them as Pochettino culls his inflated squad.
Nine players have been sold or departed at the end of their contracts.
They have received £216.5m from deals for Kai Havertz, Mason Mount, Mateo Kovacic, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Kalidou Koulibaly and Edouard Mendy.
N’Golo Kante, Cesar Azpilicueta and Baba Rahman have left on free transfers.
Forward David Datro Fofana has been sent out on loan to Union Berlin, while Joao Felix and Denis Zakaria have come to the end of their spells in West London.
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Chelsea’s release list consists of THIRTEEN players – Derrick Abu, Prince Adegoke, Tiemoue Bakayoko, Nathan Baxter, Juan Familia-Castillo. Bryan Fiabema, Joe Samuel Haigh, Henry Lawrence, Sam McClelland, Dujon Sterling, Silko-Amari Thomas, Ethan Wady and Jayden Wareham.
And then there are another TEN players that are being heavily linked with exits before the start of the season.
They are Romelu Lukaku, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Christian Pulisic, Hakim Ziyech, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Marc Cucurella, Malang Sarr, Ethan Ampudu, Trevoh Chalobah, Conor Gallagher.
Players out – 25
Sold – 9
- Kai Havertz- £65m to Arsenal
- Mason Mount – £60m to Man Utd
- Mateo Kovacic – £30m to Manchester City
- Ruben Loftus-Cheek – £18.5m to AC Milan
- Kalidou Koulibaly – £17m to Al Hilal
- Edouard Mendy – £16m to Al Ahli
- N’Golo Kante – Free to Al Ittihad
- Cesar Azpilicueta – Free to Atletico Madrid
- Baba Rahman – Free to PAOK
Total – £206.5m
Out on loan – 1
- David Datro Fofana – Loan to Union Berlin
End of loan – 2
- Joao Felix – Atletico Madrid
- Denis Zakaria – Juventus
Released list – 13
- Derrick Abu
- Prince Adegoke
- Tiemoue Bakayoko
- Nathan Baxter
- Juan Familia-Castillo
- Bryan Fiabema
- Joe Samuel Haigh
- Henry Lawrence
- Sam McClelland
- Dujon Sterling
- Silko-Amari Thomas
- Ethan Wady
- Jayden Wareham
Linked with moves
- Romelu Lukaku
- Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
- Christian Pulisic
- Hakim Ziyech
- Callum Hudson-Odoi
- Marc Cucurella
- Malang Sarr
- Ethan Ampudu
- Trevoh Chalobah
- Conor Gallagher