Tear down the house! The 860 million giants of the Premier League pushed down and rebuilt, sent away 6 generals in 24 hours, and the third-tier core was all sold
Every summer, Chelsea seem to be a big player in the transfer market, and this time is no exception!
In the past 24 hours, Chelsea, who is worth a total of 860 million, began a purge of redundant squads, and six players left one after another. It's no exaggeration to say that departing players are worthy of the Blues' workhorse status while they remain healthy and in normal form.
Mateo Kovacic is a win-win win-win transfer
Of the six players who left the team, Kovic undoubtedly carries the heaviest weight. Even when the Blues were in a mess this past season, Mateo Kovacic was one of the few bright spots in the squad.
As the heart of the Blues, Kovacic is widely recognised for his organisational and key passing abilities. But Chelsea's contract expires next summer, and given that Kovacic will not be renewed, sending him away this summer is the best deal.
In the end, Manchester City "lived up to expectations" by signing 29-year-old Mateo Kovacic for a transfer fee of £30 million. For Manchester City, Chelsea and Mateo Kovacic, the transfer was a win-win-win.
The number one striker was also sold
Late on June 21, prominent journalist Romano confirmed Havertz's transfer. In fact, it took only half a day from the media broke that Arsenal was interested in Havertz to the three-way agreement.
Indeed, Havertz has something to criticize, but Havertz has proven his ability in the Bundesliga, last season, Havertz's goals, shots and other 9 statistics, ranked first in the team, no wonder fans are optimistic about Havertz's future, but Real Madrid is quite interested in Havertz.
It's just that Arsenal spent £65 million to bring in Havertz, and such a high transfer fee is staggering.
The Blues clean up redundancies
Kai Havertz and Mateo Kovacic are the heart of the Blues' forward line and midfield, who is at the heart of the defence? Koulibaly, admittedly not the same as when he was worth a whopping €100 million, remained the absolute workhorse of the Blues' centre-back last season. Today, "only" 32-year-old Qulibaly lands in the Saudi league,
Along with Koulibaly, there are also N'Golo Kante, Ziyech and Mendy, and the situation of these three players is different from the above three.
N'Golo Kante's injury was a destabilizing factor, and after his contract expired, he received a four-year salary offer of 100 million euros from the Saudi league and gladly accepted.
Mendy used to be the Blues' main goalkeeper and was even considered one of the best goalkeepers in the world, but over the past year Mendy has made a series of low-level mistakes and his place has been replaced by Kepa. Hakim Ziyech, on the other hand, never had time to satisfy him, falling short of expectations, with the 30-year-old Ziyech and 31-year-old Mendy leaving the top five leagues.