Chelsea have a lot of work to do this summer, and sales are the starting point. There are a cluster of first team stars who need to go.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
If you enjoy Chelsea News coverage and want to see more of it, add us as a preferred source on Google to make us a favourite and see more of our content.<\/em><\/p>\n A new manager being appointed at a big club always means one thing \u2013 long reads in the newspapers about his \u201cin tray,\u201d the priority items he needs to sort out.<\/p>\n Xabi Alonso has just had the in-tray treatment from the Daily Mail. There\u2019s some really interesting stuff in there on multiple counts. A major part of that will be \u201cchopping the deadwood,\u201d as they call it. The bomb squad is gone, but there remain plenty of players who don\u2019t have a future at Chelsea.<\/p>\n Kieran Gill\u2019s piece points to six of them right off the bat: \u201caamong those we might see sold include Liam Delap, Alejandro Garnacho, Tosin Adarabioyo, Benoit Badiashile, Filip Jorgensen and Axel Disasi.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Those all feel pretty likely. Gill adds that Alonso might also want to sell Wesley Fofana, although the defender insists he\u2019s \u201cnot interested in leaving.\u201d<\/p>\n That would certainly be a strong starting point, and we just hope there\u2019s enough interest in some of these guys that sales are possible.<\/p>\n Geovany Quenda is finally set to complete his transfer to Chelsea, a year in the making. He thinks he has a unique chance to impress Xabi Alonso in preseason.<\/p>\n Calum McFarlane has claimed that Chelsea aren\u2019t far off the likes of Man City, despite the gap in performances and points.<\/p>\n DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CHELSEA NEWS APP FOR ALL THE LATEST UPDATES \u2013 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON THE APP STORE<\/strong><\/p>\n Check out the latest edition of Simon Phillips\u2019 SPTC podcast here:<\/em><\/p>\nChelsea have six who need to go \u2013 and it could be more<\/h2>\n
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