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Chelsea manager Xabi Alonso(Image: Darren Walsh/Chelsea FC)
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After signing 10 players - including pre-agreed deals - this summer, Chelsea's attention is now set to switch to sales in the final three weeks of the summer transfer window.
It has been a typically busy window for the Blues, who have already broken their transfer record by signing Morgan Rogers for £117million last month. Another nine have also come in, while the club have also been active on the outgoing front.
Chelsea have already sold five first-team players this summer and have acquired £156m (including further add-ons). The Blues are also set to receive £42.5m for Alejandro Garnacho at the end of his season-long loan deal at Aston Villa, with the contract including - what sources describe as - very achievable conditions for the obligation to buy to be triggered.
The west Londoners are not done there, though, and there is an expectation that a large number will follow through the exit door between now and September 1. There are a load of players who Chelsea are happy with but will sell if the price is right.
Among those is Enzo Fernandez. Real Madrid expressed a keen interest in the Argentina international earlier in the summer but Los Blancos have since released a public statement saying they will not be pursuing a move for the 25-year-old between now and September.
Fernandez has expressed his desire to depart Stamford Bridge this summer but Chelsea insiders are expecting him back in first-team training later this week. There is an expectation within the club that Fernandez, who is available to buy at £120m, will remain a Chelsea player next season.
Malo Gusto is in a similar boat. Manchester City hold an interest in the France international right back, but are reluctant to pay Chelsea's £75m valuation. Gusto is said to be considering his options, with the Blues spending £47m for versatile defender Marco Palestra earlier in the summer transfer window.
A decision needs to be made on Nicolas Jackson. Chelsea manager Xabi Alonso has been assessing him in recent weeks after he made his return to Blues training. At the time of writing, the west Londoners have seven central strikers on their books - and the club are hoping to offload at least three of them before the window slams shut.
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Nicolas Jackson's Chelsea future is undecided(Image: Darren Walsh/Chelsea FC)
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Jackson, who spent last season on loan at Bayern Munich, is keen on the prospect of reuniting with former Villarreal manager Unai Emery at Aston Villa. Chelsea's Premier League rivals expressed an interest in the Senegal international during negotiations between the two clubs for Garnacho. Chelsea value Jackson at £65m.
Elsewhere, Marc Guiu is available for £25m this summer. Chelsea are said to be happy with either a loan or a permanent solution for the Spaniard, who has been a bit-part player since arriving from Barcelona two years ago.