Chelsea could see their outgoing transfer activity speed up in the coming week as preparation for trimming Thomas Tuchel's squad collides with an opening day trip to Everton.
The Blues are desperate to cut ties with some of their underperforming, senior or overpaid players this summer with 10 first team members out of contract next summer, though that could be a season too late for the drastic action needed.
Not only have Andreas Christensen and Antonio Rudiger already left, two moves that the club would have preferred not to happen, and Romelu Lukaku has a temporary solution to his disastrous return, Tuchel still wants to shed the bulk of his squad with up to eight players all keen to move on this summer.
