Chelsea are now prepared to green-light the sale of one player at a considerable discount as sides in Saudi Arabia express interest.
Enzo Maresca's fire sale of surplus squad members has yielded around £220 million, with the Blues further reinforcing their status as one of England's best selling clubs.
Kepa Arrizabalaga, Basir Humphreys, Noni Madueke, Marcus Bettinelli, Mathis Amougou, Djordje Petrovic, João Félix, Armando Broja, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Lesley Ugochukwu have all left Stamford Bridge so far, and many more are expected to follow.
Chelsea's best performers in the Premier League last season Average match rating
Cole Palmer 7.33
Moises Caicedo 7.02
Enzo Fernández 6.95
Nicolas Jackson 6.88
Noni Madueke 6.82
via WhoScored
Chelsea are under pressure from UEFA to register a 'positive transfer balance' by September, or they might not be able to register new players in their A-list squad for next season's Champions League.
This comes after the Blues were fined for breaching FFP rules, so all eyes are on Chelsea's transfer activity in terms of both incoming and outgoings.
Chelsea v Brentford - Stamford Bridge
Given Chelsea are currently in talks to sign both Man United winger Alejandro Garnacho and RB Leipzig's Xavi Simons, BlueCo will almost certainly have to sell more players, with many candidates on the chopping block right now - including some pretty big names.
As well as the aforementioned crop of senior stars, young defender Alfie Gilchrist, a boyhood Chelsea supporter, is also expected to leave permanently.
The 21-year-old was on loan at Sheffield United last season and featured regularly for ex-Blades boss Chris Wilder, before injury largely scuppered his first-team chances during the second half of 24/25.
Chelsea drop Alfie Gilchrist asking price by 70 per cent as Saudi lurk
According to reliable journalist Ben Jacobs, Chelsea have now dropped Gilchrist's asking price by 70 per cent in their bid to sell, with Saudi sides expressing an interest.
The Englishman was tipped for stardom by club legend John Terry, who even likened Gilchrist to himself, but the competition for places in Chelsea's starting eleven means that he's now best suited to leaving in an effort to kickstart his career.
“You want to see him in training, the amount of badges he gets on his body and the blocks he gets in," said Wilder about Gilchrist early last term.
“There's an art to that and there's an attitude to that. Even in training, he’s determined that the ball isn’t going into the back of the net. He’s got a real grit about him and we’re delighted with him."