Over three months of near constant transfer rumor mongering is now over and we get to take a brief break. (Here is the full record of all that in our transfer rumor tracker.) Probably at least 48 hours shall pass before the first transfer rumor for January drops — although we already heard of Chelsea wanting to make another pass at Ross “cold feet” Barkley in January, so there may not be any respite from the never-ending deluge of clickbait.
Chelsea came into the summer with the primary goal of improving squad depth. We mostly failed at that goal despite spending the second-most money of any Premier League team (almost £200m) though we also sold over £100m worth of players, and that’s not yet including Diego Costa who’s bound to fetch a pretty penny against all odds.
But despite that failure, Chelsea did sign several quality players while getting younger and possibly better man-for-man. There’s a glaring lack of depth behind Marcos Alonso at the moment (Kenedy is left wing-back only in name and Baba Rahman won’t be contributing anytime soon — any other option is a hope-for-the-best sort of scenario), but the team looks strong in midfield, in central defense, and in attack, with multiple options and tactical setups available to Conte.
PLAYERS IN:
- Billy Gilmour, 16, £500k (+bonuses) from Rangers
- Daishawn Redan, 16, free (?) from Ajax
- Ethan Ampadu, 16, £2m (?) from Exeter City
- Willy Caballero, 35, free
- Antonio Rüdiger, 24, €35+4m from AS Roma
- Tiemoué Bakayoko, 22, €42+3m from AS Monaco
- Álvaro Morata, 24, £58+12m from Real Madrid
- Kylian Hazard, 23, £135k (?) from Újpest
- Davide Zappacosta, 25, €28+2m from Torino FC
- Danny Drinkwater, 27, £35m from Leicester City
PLAYERS OUT (so far — a few windows, including the Spanish one, are open until Friday midnight):
- Nemanja Matić, 29, £35+5m to Manchester United
- Mukhtar Ali, 20, free? to Vitesse
- Nathaniel Chalobah, 22, £5-6m (+buyback?) to Watford
- Nathan Aké, 22, £20m to AFC Bournemouth
- Bertrand Traoré, 21, €10m (+bonuses/buyback?) to Lyon
- Alex Kiwomya, 21, free to Doncaster Rovers
- Dominic Solanke, 19, tribunal to decide fee (£3-10m?) to Liverpool
- Asmir Begović, 29, £10m to AFC Bournemouth
- Christian Atsu, 25, £6.2m to Newcastle United
- Juan Cuadrado, 29, €20m buy-option (+€5m loan fee) to Juventus
- John Terry, 36, released
- Alex Davey, 22, released
2017-18 Loan Army (so far)
- Fikayo Tomori, 19, loan to Hull City
- Nathan, 21, loan to Amiens SC
- Charlie Wakefield, 19, loan to Stevenage
- Cristián Cuevas, 22, loan to FC Twente
- Jordan Houghton, 21, loan to Doncaster Rovers
- Jeremie Boga, 20, loan to Birmingham City
- Kenneth Omeruo, 23, loan to Kasımpaşa
- Lewis Baker, 22, loan to Middlesbrough
- Mario Pašalić, 22, loan to Spartak Moscow
- Victorien Angban, 20, loan to Waasland-Beveren
- Matt Miazga, 22, loan to Vitesse
- Jared Thompson, 18, loan to Chippenham Town
- Jamal Blackman, 23, loan to Sheffield United
- Michael Hector, 25, loan to Hull City
- Tomáš Kalas, 24, loan to Fulham
- Izzy Brown, 20, loan to Brighton & Hove Albion
- Mason Mount, 18, loan to Vitesse
- Kurt Zouma, 22, loan to Stoke City
- Jay Dasilva, 19, loan to Charlton Athletic
- Ike Ugbo, 18, loan to Barnsley
- Marco van Ginkel, 24, loan to PSV
- Lucas Piazon, 23, loan to Fulham
- Ruben Loftus-Cheek, 21, loan to Crystal Palace
- Ola Aina, 20, loan to Hull City
- Brad Collins, 20, loan to Forest Green Rovers
- Charlie Colkett, 20, loan to Vitesse
- Josimar Quintero, 20, loan to FC Rostov
- Todd Kane, 23, loan to FC Groningen
- Kasey Palmer, 20, loan to Huddersfield Town
- Tammy Abraham, 19, loan to Swansea City
- Fankaty Dabo, 21, loan to Vitesse
- Nathan Baxter, 18, loan to Woking FC
- Danilo Pantić, 20, loan to Partizan Belgrade
Poll
What grade would you give Chelsea's 2017 summer transfer window?
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