{"id":10553,"date":"2026-05-19T11:41:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T11:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=10553"},"modified":"2026-05-19T11:41:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T11:41:16","slug":"chelsea-preparing-summer-clear-out-with-delap-and-garnacho-among-players-facing-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=10553","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea preparing summer clear-out with Delap and Garnacho among players facing exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Chelsea have endured a difficult campaign, highlighted by their failure to qualify for the Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday\u2019s loss to Manchester City in the FA Cup final means they will also end the season trophyless.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea are now ready to make changes to their squad as they prepare for life under new manager Xabi Alonso.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Mail claims they are ready to sell Liam Delap, Alejandro Garnacho, Tosin Adarabioyo, Benoit Badiashile, Filip Jorgensen and Axel Disasi.<\/p>\n<p>Disasi is on loan at relegation-threatened West Ham United, while others have played mainly as substitutes this season.<\/p>\n<p>Wesley Fofana\u2019s future is also not safe, as there are concerns that he will not fit Alonso\u2019s \u2018mentality monsters\u2019 criteria.<\/p>\n<p>Centre-backs Josh Acheampong and Mamadou Sarr are expected to depart on loan.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Joao Pedro and Cole Palmer are \u2018untouchable\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Chelsea will not entertain offers for Joao Pedro and Cole Palmer, given their significant status in the team.<\/p>\n<p>Pedro has been brilliant since joining from Brighton &#038; Hove Albion last summer. He is the club\u2019s leading top scorer, with 20 goals and nine assists.<\/p>\n<p>The Brazilian has been linked with Barcelona, who are exploring the market for Robert Lewandowski\u2019s replacement.<\/p>\n<p>Palmer has struggled for form, but he is still considered a vital player. He has registered just 10 goals and three assists across all competitions.<\/p>\n<p>The England international has been linked with Manchester United, but a move this summer is unlikely.<\/p>\n<p>Pedro and Palmer are expected to play significant roles under Alonso, alongside Moises Caicedo, Levi Colwill and Reece James.<\/p>\n<div class=\"monsterinsights-inline-popular-posts monsterinsights-inline-popular-posts-beta monsterinsights-popular-posts-styled\">\n<div class=\"monsterinsights-inline-popular-posts-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/footballtoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/leeds-united-v-sunderland-sky-bet-championship-300x200.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/footballtoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/leeds-united-v-sunderland-sky-bet-championship-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/footballtoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/leeds-united-v-sunderland-sky-bet-championship-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/footballtoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/leeds-united-v-sunderland-sky-bet-championship-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/footballtoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/leeds-united-v-sunderland-sky-bet-championship-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/footballtoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/leeds-united-v-sunderland-sky-bet-championship-2048x1364.jpg 2048w\" alt=\"Crystal Palace open talks to sign Jobe Bellingham\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"monsterinsights-inline-popular-posts-text\"><span class=\"monsterinsights-inline-popular-posts-label\">Trending<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"monsterinsights-inline-popular-posts-post\">Crystal Palace open talks to sign Jobe Bellingham<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea have endured a difficult campaign, highlighted by their failure to qualify for the Champions&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10554,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}