Chelsea Set To Offload 11 Players In Another Transfer Window Of High Turnover to avoid FFP rules and to fund the signing £100m striker
Chelsea is expecting another high-turnover summer transfer window, with the club wanting to address a few important areas of their team in preparation for the 2024/25 season.
The Blues have had another poor and unimpressive Premier League season. The season may be considered a success if they win the FA Cup, but they will meet tournament favorites Manchester City in the semi-final later this month.
Chelsea are now in ninth position in the league rankings, after a 30-game streak of inconsistency under Mauricio Pochettino. The Blues have won 12 of their 30 games, drawn eight, and lost ten under the Argentine, whose future at the club will be determined in the summer.
Following the latest disappointing result at the weekend, a 2-2 draw away at rock-bottom Sheffield United, Pochettino stated that the club will take a thorough look at the squad and the situation at the end of the season in order to continue the process of improving what they have available to them. “It is a regular procedure that has occurred,” the Argentine said.
“We must acknowledge, work, and strive to solve this sort of situation. When the season ends, we always need to look at the team and evaluate what we are lacking in order to acquire players who can deliver what we are witnessing now and better in the next seasons.”
To obtain what they are “missing,” Chelsea will have to try to unload players who do not fit into their long-term plans. In today’s environment, with the Premier League cracking down on the Profitability and Sustainability Rules (PSR) in ruthless fashion this season, many clubs are eager to sell some of their youth talent in order to gain what is described as ‘pure profit’.
Conor Gallagher, Trevoh Chalobah, Ian Maatsen, Armando Broja, and Lewis Hall may follow in the footsteps of Callum Hudson-Odoi, Mason Mount, Fikayo Tomori, Billy Gilmour, and Tammy Abraham, all of whom Chelsea traded in recent years. The ruthlessness of contemporary football, whether you like it or not, creates an additional incentive to sell those who make the extraordinarily tough transition from youth to professional level.
Gallagher’s future with the Blues remains unknown. The player wants to continue at Stamford Bridge, but with his contract expiring in little over a year and formal negotiations about extending it yet to begin, the 24-year-old has a significant cloud over his head as the summer approaches.
Tottenham are reportedly keeping a careful watch on the England international, who has worn the captain’s armband more than any other player in Chelsea’s team this season. Meanwhile, despite his good performance after returning from injury, Chalobah is considered disposable in the summer.
Chalobah came close to joining Bayern Munich last summer, but the deal fell through at the last minute. When the season ends, the Blues are expected to try to sell him again, with several European centre-backs being considered by Chelsea officials.
Hall is set to sign a permanent agreement with Newcastle United this summer. The 19-year-old is presently on loan at St. James’ Park, and the Magpies are need to make the transfer permanent for £35 million.
Broja, too, might depart Chelsea permanently in the summer. The club intended to sell the striker in January, but due to the lack of activity in the Premier League transfer window, a loan agreement with Fulham was agreed upon.
The 22-year-old striker hasn’t had the easiest experience in west London thus far. Broja has only made five appearances for the Cottagers and has yet to score. West Ham United has a long-standing interest in the Albanian international.
All of the aforementioned players, if sold, will generate a profit. However, losing Marc Cucurella, who is also considered disposable ahead of the summer window, would cost Chelsea tens of millions of pounds.
Cucurella, who arrived for £60 million in the summer of 2022, hasn’t had the greatest of years at Chelsea and would undoubtedly fetch a fraction of that amount if he leaves. While the Spaniard is still pleased at Stamford Bridge, the club may consider letting him leave if the proper offer is made.
Pochettino may have downplayed it over the weekend, but Thiago Silva is set to depart the club in the summer. “At the moment, we are not discussing the future of the guy in the team,” Pochettino stated of Silva’s future.
“We are contending, and it is a choice that the club must make, and we must discuss and agree on the squad’s future at the conclusion of the season.” Of sure, he is one of the players we must address. So far, there is nothing.
Silva will depart the club as a free agent when his contract ends at the end of June. Silva joined Chelsea on a free transfer in 2020 from Paris Saint-Germain.
Some players plainly have no future at Chelsea and will be on the transfer list in the summer. Malang Sarr, who has not played competitively for the club in over two years, is predictably one of them.
Romelu Lukaku, Kepa Arrizabalaga, and Hakim Ziyech, who are all now on loan, will all be the subject of much conjecture this summer. Lucas Bergstrom has just over a year left on his contract, and with a very competitive goalkeeping pool at Stamford Bridge, the shot-stopper might be moved on permanently.
