Xabi Alonso’s plan to cut the number of center backs at Chelsea down to “four or five” has started with the sale of Trevoh Chalobah to Como for $41.5 million (£30 million).
The arrival of Maxence Lacroix took Chelsea up to 10 senior center backs but Alonso admitted last month he wanted to see that number halved at least, switching the focus to sales in the final weeks of the transfer window.
