Fabrizio Romano says one Chelsea ahead is predicted to go away, even after the summer time switch deadline day cut-off at 11pm on Friday, which means supporters can count on much more exercise within the coming days.
Chelsea spend £271 million on 13 new summer time signings in busy window
BlueCo, as ever, splashed the money on an array of signings at Chelsea, with their busyness in switch home windows turning into largely commonplace, and ever since Clearlake Capital’s takeover of the membership in 2022.
Joao Felix, Mike Penders, Kiernan Dewsbury-Corridor, Marc Guiu, Renato Veiga, Estevao Willian, Filip Jorgensen, Tosin Adarabioyo, Aaron Anselmino, Caleb Wiley, Omari Kellyman, Pedro Neto and Jadon Sancho all put pen to paper on strikes to Stamford Bridge, with new head coach Enzo Maresca fiercely backed forward of his debut marketing campaign within the Chelsea dugout.
In whole, together with their reported £51 million acquisition of Brazilian starlet Estevao Willian, who’ll be a part of Chelsea in 2025, the west Londoners spent round £271 million in a severe shake-up of the squad.
Chelsea additionally tried a late bid for Napoli star Victor Osimhen, however regardless of being in talks together with his membership and the participant’s representatives all through Friday, the Blues could not get a deal for him over the road in time.
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Victor Osimhen’s Serie A Statistics 2023/24 |
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Appearances |
25 |
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Targets |
15 |
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Assists |
3 |
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Photographs per 90 |
3.86 |
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Key passes per 90 |
1.05 |
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Profitable take-ons per 90 |
0.73 |
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WhoScored |
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A number of massive names additionally left Chelsea for pastures new, together with a fairly blockbuster exit to Arsenal for Raheem Sterling, which dominated the headlines on deadline day.
Alongside Sterling, different gamers to seal a last-gasp transfer away from Chelsea come within the type of Kepa Arrizabalaga, Romelu Lukaku, Armando Broja and Trevoh Chalobah, with the quartet leaving both on mortgage or completely.
Chelsea will likely be particularly overjoyed to get Lukaku’s earlier £325,000-per-week wages off the books as they severely trim their wage invoice, and the Belgian might be granted a brand new lease of life beneath Antonio Conte in Serie A.
The pair labored collectively at Inter and helped to information the Nerazzurri to a formidable Scudetto triumph within the 2021/22 season.
David Datro Fofana anticipated to go away Chelsea after deadline day
As per Romano, one other ahead in Chelsea ace David Datro Fofana might stop the membership after Lukaku and Broja – regardless of the UK switch window’s closure.
Certainly, it’s believed Fofana is predicted to go away Chelsea after deadline day, with a bunch of home windows nonetheless open. Belgian, Turkish, Dutch and Portuguese golf equipment stay able to doing enterprise, for the following 48 hours a minimum of, whereas the Saudis might additionally provide the 21-year-old an escape route.
The Ivory Coast worldwide spent the second half of final season on mortgage at Burnley, scoring 4 league objectives and proving he can minimize it on the highest degree. Fofana might be a fantastic alternative for golf equipment overseas, as he would not look too prone to characteristic a lot for Maresca this time period.