Chelsea did little to address the issues that have been exposed in their recent Premier League struggles during the January transfer window.

Late-window action

In all, six first-team players left the club, either permanently or on loan: Renato Veiga, Cesare Casadei, Joao Felix, Ben Chilwell, Carney Chukwuemeka and Axel Disasi. Harvey Vale, who had made occasional first-team appearances this term, also joined QPR.

Barely a day went by during the transfer window without Chelsea’s name being mentioned. The Todd Boehly-Clearlake consortium took a contrasting approach to their first two mid-season markets. There was the lavish spend of January 2023,

One transfer window has just closed, and already we are turning our attentions to the next transfer window that will come next in the summer.The summer window is always going to be much busier than

Chelsea have already arranged their first transfer movements of the summer window barely hours after Deadline Day, football transfer news expert Fabrizio Romano has confirmed.