17-08-2026 17:57 via sports.yahoo.com

Chelsea face familiar problem before deadline day

[BBC][Getty Images]Chelsea have had the positive debut of £117m club record signing Morgan Rogers and excitement around new manager Xabi Alonso, but the same old issue persists: the size of the squad.Every summer since Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital bought the club, there has been a fire sale of players which, this summer, has been made worse by the shock outcome of failing to qualify for Europe.Chelsea have 40 players on their books and, by Tuesday, will need to sell a player every day
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