Chelsea stars for sale: The players who could leave - and what they'll cost
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- Chelsea have already generated £160m from player sales this window, trailing only Newcastle (£244m) and Aston Villa (£202m), with the club's squad exceeding 40 players and multiple exits expected in the final three weeks.
- Enzo Fernandez carries a £120m valuation with six years left on his contract; Manchester City are interested, a possibility tied to Barcelona's pursuit of City's Rodri.
- Nicolas Jackson is priced at £65m with Aston Villa among interested clubs, though a deal is complicated by both clubs being in UEFA settlement agreements over how player swaps are accounted.
- Malo Gusto is valued at £75m though Chelsea are not actively trying to sell him, while Napoli's £20m loan-with-option offer for Benoit Badiashile falls well short of Chelsea's £30m asking price.
- Liam Delap is valued at around £50m after a difficult first Chelsea season following his £30m move from Ipswich, and Marc Guiu carries a ~£25m price tag with interest from clubs in Spain and Italy.
- Trevoh Chalobah has already departed for Como in a deal worth up to £30.8m, while Axel Disasi is priced at £25m+ after spending the second half of last season on loan at West Ham.
Why it matters: Chelsea's £120m valuation on Enzo Fernandez — whom they aren't actively trying to sell — and £65m tag on Nicolas Jackson show the Blues holding firm even as interest mounts. The Aston Villa complication under UEFA's player-swap rules for clubs in settlement agreements illustrates how regulatory knots now shape intra-Premier League dealings. For rivals with thin margins, Chelsea's inflated asks raise the cost of every negotiation.
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