How many players do Chelsea have and is there a limit on Premier League squad size?
Chelsea are dominating talk of another transfer window under manager Todd Boehly as his re-signing at Stamford Bridge shows no sign of slowing down.
The blues have He spent more than a billion pounds on players from 2022 to create one of the most inflated squads in Premier League history.
Such is the large number of people who The club has been urged to stop recruiting. To avoid Expansion of the training group's changing rooms..
Chelsea were forced to exclude players worth more than £500m from his match day team during their 2-0 loss to City of man.
That hasn't stopped the west Londoners from working on their tenth new arrival this summer alone, with João Félix, about to sign.
Chelsea They have split up the groups at their Cobham training complex to cope with the wide variety of options and have approved a number of loans.
So the question remains as to how many players the Blues actually use. talkSPORT.com looks into the matter…
How many players does Chelsea have?
Chelsea have no fewer than 54 senior stars currently under contract.
To be fair to the club, eight of those players are on loan, but there are still a further 46 who will need to report to Cobham for some form of training.
In his explanation of The absence of Raheem Sterling against City, the Chelsea coach Enzo Maresca wrongly stated It was because he had 30 players.
That was the figure Chelsea revealed in their programme for Sunday's match, but there were caveats.
The Blues have 33 players listed in their senior ranks on their club website, but again that is 13 fewer than actually count.
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Players Boehly signed for Chelsea
Moisés Caicedo – August 2023 – Brighton – £115m
Enzo Fernandez – January 2023 – Benfica – £106.8m
Mykhailo Mudryk – January 2023 – Shakhtar Donetsk – £89 million
Wesley Fofana – August 2022 – Leicester – £70 million
Marc Cucurella – August 2022 – Brighton – £62m
Romeo Lavia – August 2023 – Southampton – £58 million
Pedro Neto – August 2024 – Wolves – £54 million
Christopher Nkunku – June 2023 – RB Leipzig – £52m
Raheem Sterling – July 2022 – Manchester City – £47.5m
Cole Palmer – August 2023 – Manchester City – £40m
Axel Disasi – August 2023 – Monaco – £38.8m
Kalidou Koulibaly – July 2022 – Napoli – £33m
Benoit Badiashile – January 2023 – Monaco – £34m
Nicolas Jackson – June 2023 – Villarreal – £32m
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall – July 2023 – Leicester – £30m
Noni Madueke – January 2023 – PSV Eindhoven – £29m
Bad Taste – January 2023 – Lyon – £26.3m
Robert Sanchez – August 2023 – Brighton – £25 million
Lesley Ugochukwu – August 2023 – Rennes – £23.1m
Filip Jorgensen – July 2024 – Villarreal – £20.7m
Carney Chukwuemeka – August 2022 – Aston Villa – £20 million
Omari Kellyman – July 2024 – Aston Villa – £19m
Andrey Santos – January 2023 – Vasca da Gama – £18m
Devid Washington – August 2023 – Santos – £17.2m
Aaron Anselmino – July 2024 – Boca Juniors – £17 million
Djorde Petrovic – August 2023 – New England Revolution – £13.6m
Angelo – July 2023 – Santos – £12.9m
Cesare Casadei – August 2022 – Inter Milan – £12.6m
Renato Veiga – July 2024 – Basel – £12m
Gabriel Slonina – August 2022 – Chicago Fire – £12 million
David Datro Fofana – January 2023 – Molde – £10.6m
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang – September 2022 – Barcelona – £10.3m
Caleb Wiley – July 2024 – Atlanta United – £8.5m
Marc Guiu – July 2024 – Barcelona – £5m
Tosin Adarabioyo – July 2024 – Fulham – free
What is the Premier League squad size limit?
Chelsea will have to present a squad of 25 players after the summer window officially closes Friday, August 30th.
Eight of those players must be classed by the Premier League as homegrown players, which, crucially, does not necessarily mean they are of British nationality.
However, the HGP criteria count as such any player who has spent three years in the academy of an English club before turning 21.
There is no limit on registering Under-21 stars, which covers eight Chelsea first-team players who do not have to be ruled out.
This reduces the number from 46 to 38, with only 28 chosen for the club's recent pre-season tour.
At that stage, América didn't even have any of its Euro/Copa América stars or Pedro Neto, so work is definitely needed.
Chelsea have also used five of their six international loan spots to deal with their backlog of young talent.
This puts more emphasis on non-local players looking to leave, and purchase obligations still count as a loan deal.
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Who are the lucky 46?
Chelsea's attempts to hide the size of their squad largely come down to players the club are desperate to get rid of.
That includes big-money failures. Kepa Arrizabalaga and Romelu Lukakuwho have no future at the club but are still under contract.
Academy graduates Chelsea are also willing to sell to stay within the rules of financial fair play they have been given a marginally kinder fate.
Trevoh Chalobah and Conor Gallagherthat they have Both have been expelled from the first team facilities.at least i have a place on the website.
Maresca admitted on the eve of the season that he had 15 players training separately, of which 28 participated in his sessions.
Goalkeepers (9)
Mike Penders is close to becoming Chelsea's tenth goalkeeper in a £17million move that will see him loaned back to parent club Genk.
Academy goalkeepers Eddie Beach, Ted Curd and Luke Campbell are also all out on loan respectively but are tied to youth player deals.
But as things stand, the six still at Chelsea are…
- Roberto Sanchez PGH
- Filip Jorgensen
- Marco Bettinelli PGH
- Kepa
- Djordje Petrovic
- Lucas Bergstrom
- Gabriel Slonina (on loan at Barnsley)
- Eddie Beach (on loan at Crawley Town)
- Teddy Sharman-Lowe (on loan at Doncaster Rovers)
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Defenders (15)
Chelsea decided to reinforce this department first this summer, with Tosin Adarabioyo arriving by free transfer from Fulham.
Three of their defenders are already on loan, and youngster Bashir Humphreys will leave for Burnley with obligation to purchase.
That still leaves ten current options to slot into Maresca's back four, and Chelsea will be hoping to trim them down further with A way out for Ben Chilwell.
- Axel Disasi
- Marc Cucurella
- Benoit Badiashile
- Trevoh Chalobah PGH
- Ben Chilwell PGH
- Reece James PGH
- Levi Colwill PGH
- Bad taste
- Wesley Fofana
- Tosin Adarabioyo
- Josh Acheampong Under-21
- Alfie Gilchrist (on loan at Sheffield United)
- Aaron Anselmino (on loan at Boca Juniors)
- Caleb Wiley (on loan to Strasbourg)
- Bashir Humphreys (on loan at Burnley with obligation)
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Midfielders (15)
Chelsea have reached Maresca's 30-man quota with just defenders and midfielders, such is the depth of talent at their disposal.
Only two of them are on loan: Lesley Ugochukwu remains in the Premier League and Andrey Santos at sister club Strasbourg.
Midfield is one of the areas most scrutinised, given the combined fee of £205m it cost to sign Moisés Caicedo and Enzo Fernández.
Gallagher, as mentioned, will spearhead the midfield exodus, but Chelsea still saw fit to spend £30m on Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall.
- Enzo Fernandez
- Moses Caicedo
- Carney's Chukwuemeka
- Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall PGH
- Conor Gallagher PGH
- Cesare Casadei
- Renato Veiga
- Romeo Lavia
- Omari Kellyman Under-21
- Tino Anjorin PGH
- Leo Castledine Under-21
- Alex Matos Under-21
- Jimi Tauriainen Under-21
- Lesley Ugochukwu (on loan at Southampton)
- Andrey Santos (on loan at Strasbourg)
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Wingers/wide players (9)
In a regular team, most of the following players would split up to be included as midfielders or forwards.
But Chelsea can field a full starting XI with players competing for the two open attacking roles in Maresca's 4-3-3 formation.
That includes £17.5m Kendry Paezand £56m Estevao Willianwho have been omitted from this list because they will not formally join Chelsea until the summer of 2025.
Once they do, competition will become even fiercer and few of the current options will be close to being out of the gate at this point.
Chelsea have at least managed to send Diego Moreira and Mason Burstow permanently to Strasbourg and City of Hull respectively.
- Raheem Sterling PGH
- Mykhailo Mudryk
- Noni Madueke PGH
- Christopher Nkunku
- Cole Palmer PGH
- Jorge Tyrique Under-21
- Angel Gabriel
- Peter Neto
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Forwards (6)
Lukaku is almost certain to leave before the deadline, but Chelsea already have a new striker with the signing of Felix.
Despite this, the forward line of attack is where the club will hope to free up as much space as possible.
Only Nicholas Jackson He's almost guaranteed to stay in September, and loan interest is being considered for Deivid Washington and Marc Guiu.
The remaining two, David Datro Fofana and Armando Broja, are training separately from the main group and are looking for transfers.
- Nicholas Jackson
- David Washington Under-21
- Armando Broja PGH
- Marc Guiu
- David Datro Fofana
- Romelu Lukaku
