The 14 Chelsea players who could be sold en masse, including Raheem Sterling and Romelu Lukaku

Chelsea look set to clear out 15-20 players not in first-team training in transfer deadline week.

Enzo Maresca was quick to put an end to the jokes surrounding his 40-man training session after Chelsea made another 10 new signings this summer.

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Among them was João Félix, who scored in the Blues win 6-2 over Wolves on Sunday.

“The other 15 or 20 are training separately,” Maresca said. “I don’t see them. It’s not the chaos it looks like from the outside.”

Meanwhile, the Blues are still on the trail of Napoli's Victor Osimhen.

And talkSPORT understands that Chelsea have been asked to be… stay informed Also on the situation of Manchester United winger Jadon Sancho.

The Blues sold homegrown midfielder Conor Gallagher to Atletico Madrid last week, with the England international Making his debut On Sunday, Ian Maatsen was also sold to Aston Villa for £37.5m.

But Chelsea still have to get rid of 14 players before the deadline on August 30.

So who is part of what fans are calling Chelsea's 'bomb squad' that the Blues need to get back home before the deadline?

As things stand, Romelu Lukaku, Kepa Arrizabalaga, Ben Chilwell, Raheem Sterling, Trevoh Chalobah, Djordje Petrovic, Carney Chukwuemeka, David Datro Fofana, Armando Broja, Angelo Gabriel, Deivid Washington, Alex Matos, Harvey Vale and Lukas Bergstrom all need new clubs.

Striker Lukaku has not played for Chelsea since 2022 but has remained in the Blues' squad after loan spells with Inter Milan and then Roma.

The Belgian is expected to return to Serie A again, but this time on a permanent basis, and has agreed a deal with Napoli worth £30m which is pending confirmation at the time of writing.

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Last week, talkSPORT reported that goalkeeper Arrizabalaga, who was on loan at Real Madrid last season, is on Bournemouth's radar for a loan move.

The wheels are in motion for that agreement according to Fabrizio Romano, expert in football transfersKepa is expected to travel to Bournemouth for a medical on Monday.

Outcasts Ben Chilwell and Raheem Sterling are being linked with Manchester United, with talkSPORT understanding the former has been Offered to the Red Devils.

Another local product, defender Trevoh Chalobah, has been left out of Maresca's squad so far.

He was even stripped of his squadron number Also because the club is looking to force a move and receive a net profit for the Blues player.

Chelsea accepted £25m from Nottingham Forest last summer but the player turned down the transfer.

Chelsea joint sporting directors Laurence Stewart and Paul Winstanley have a big task ahead of them to prevent the club having a whole second team of unused players on the wage bill.

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Armando Broja's possible loan to Ipswich Town is underway risk of breakdown due to an injury detected during his medical examination.

And the fact that stars have been on the shelf for most of the summer with minimal interest shows that not many teams are willing to play this summer, especially with players on such high wages at Chelsea.

Sterling, for example, earns more than £300,000 a week.

Two years into a five-year contract signed when he joined in a £47.5m deal from Manchester City, the 29-year-old has a remaining book value of an exorbitant £28.5m.

Chelsea face Servette in the second leg of their Europa Conference League play-off on Thursday.