Spend of almost £600m since takeover by Clearlake Capital left Chelsea with bloated squad in need of cull
It is worth remembering that sources were talking of panic during the final weeks of last season. Multiple insiders, though, have stressed that FFP is not a big issue this summer. Some players were always going to attract big offers and fears that expensive disappointments on lucrative wages would be unsellable have been eliminated. Fortunately clubs from the Saudi Pro League have been more than happy to snap up a few of Chelsea’s duds.
It was not supposed to run this smoothly. Chelsea thought it would take a few windows to sort out the mess, but they have a chance to do it in one summer. There is interest from Internazionale in César Azpilicueta, Trevoh Chalobah and, who wants to return to Italy. Milan are signing Ruben Loftus-Cheek for an initial £15 million and want Christian Pulisic. Conor Gallagher and Callum Hudson-Odoi are available and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang needs to leave.
There has been a shift in emphasis under Stewart and Winstanley. Last summer Chelsea chased big-name players with varying degrees of success. It was incoherent and costly, but in January they brought in young players on low deals and backed them to grow.
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