Chelsea are undergoing one of the biggest transitions in their recent 117-year history meaning this transfer window and the decisions made could be key to determining the next chapter under new owner Todd Boehly and current manager Thomas Tuchel.
In all areas of the pitch, reinforcements are needed to revamp a Chelsea squad that fell some way short of title winners Man City and Liverpool in 2021/22. But signings aren't just needed to catch up with the Premier League top two going into 2022/23, key departures have meant that Boehly has a massive task on his hands to keep the standards high. Antonio Rudiger and Andreas Christensen have already moved on in the backline. No movement has happened just yet in the midfield but it is understood that if any of the current roster in that specific area were to leave this summer, it would most likely be one of Jorginho or Ruben Loftus-Cheek amid links to Juventus and Lazio respectively.
Up top, Hakim Ziyech seems AC Milan bound whilst Timo Werner could be on the verge of joining Paul Pogba in Turin with Chelsea currently negotiating for Dutch defender Matthijs de Ligt in a potential swap deal with the German international going the other way. Cumulatively, that's a lot of outgoings. No wonder Boehly and Clearlake have sanctioned £200m plus more depending on cash generated by sales for Tuchel to revamp and readjust his squad in a way he believes will correct the wrongs of last season's collapse which unsurprisingly came in the dreaded month of December.
