Chelsea have been more active in the transfer market than any other team since Todd Boehly took over in London.
Most fans associate the Blues will large spending sprees and they have invested an astonishing amount in the playing squad in the past 12 months alone, but the two-time Champions League winners are now earning decent sums of money back from selling players.
Chelsea's roster was very large following an abundance of signings in the 2022/23 summer and winter transfer windows, but the board are now focused on cutting their squad to help solve a few of their problems and recoup some funds.
The Sporting News looks at players Chelsea have sold in the 2023 summer transfer window.
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Chelsea players sold 2023
Chelsea have sold 11 players so far this summer, including club captain Cesar Azpilicueta and USMNT star Christian Pulisic.
Three players have transferred to the Saudi Pro League while Kai Havertz, Mason Mount and Mateo Kovacic have all joined rival Premier League clubs.
David Datro Fofana has gone to Union Berlin on a season-long loan to get more minutes and improve his overall game.
Here are all of Chelsea's outgoings so far in the 2023 summer transfer window:
| Name | Date | Position | To | Transfer fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Pulisic | July 13 | FWD | AC Milan | £19.7m/$26m |
| David Datro Fofana | July 11 | FWD | Union Berlin | Loan |
| Abdul Rahman Baba | July 10 | DEF | PAOK | Free |
| Cesar Azpilicueta | July 6 | DEF | Atletico Madrid | Free |
| Mason Mount | July 5 | MID | Man United | £55m/$72m |
| Kai Havertz | July 1 | FWD | Arsenal | £60m/$79m |
| Mateo Kovacic | July 1 | MID | Man City | £25m/$33m |
| Kalidou Koulibaly | July 1 | DEF | Al Hilal | £19.7m/$26m |
| Edouard Mendy | July 1 | GK | Al Ahli | £16m/$21m |
| N'Golo Kante | July 1 | MID | Al Ittihad | Free |
| Dujon Sterling | July 1 | DEF | Rangers | Free |
| Ruben Loftus-Cheek | July 1 | MID | AC Milan | £13.7m/$18m |
Todd Boehly net spend at Chelsea
The catalyst that caused the increase in Chelsea's transfer activity was the introduction of Boehly. The American co-owner wants to build a young squad that also has the ability to win trophies in the present day.
Big signings such as Enzo Fernandez, Wesley Fofana and Mykhailo Mudryk mean that the Blues have a large negative net spend. However, their sales from this window have slightly helped the club close the gap between those two figures.
| Incomings | Outgoings | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Fee | Player | Fee |
| Christopher Nkunku | £51.5m/$67.4m | Christian Pulisic | £19.7m/$26m |
| Nicolas Jackson | £31.7m/$42m | Kalidou Koulibaly | £19.7m/$26m |
| Enzo Fernandez | £103.7m/$136m | Mason Mount | £55m/$72m |
| Wesley Fofana | £69m/$90.4m | Kai Havertz | £60m/$79m |
| Mykhaylo Mudryk | £60m/$79m | Mateo Kovacic | £25m/$33m |
| Marc Cucurella | £56m/$73.3m | Edouard Mendy | £16m/$21m |
| Raheem Sterling | £48m/$63.2m | Ruben Loftus-Cheek | £13.7m/$18m |
| Benoit Badiashile | £32.6m/$42.7m | Timo Werner | £17m/$22.5m |
| Kalidou Koulibaly | £32.6m/$42.7m | Emerson | £13.2m/$17m |
| Noni Madueke | £30m/$39.3m | Jorginho | £9.7m/$12.7m |
| Malo Gusto | £25.7m/$33.7m | Michy Bastshuayi | £3m/$4m |
| Carney Chukwuemeka | £15.4m/$22.2m | Billy Gilmour | £7.1m/$9.4m |
| Joao Felix (loan fee) | £11m/$14.4m | Romelu Lukaku | £6.9m/$9m |
| Andrey Santos | £10.7m/$14m | Kenedy | £429k/$562k |
| Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | £10.3m/$13.5m | ||
| David Datro Fofana | £10.3m/$13.5m | ||
| Gabriel Slonina | £7.7m/$10m | ||
| Denis Zakaria (loan fee) | £2.5m/$3.3m | ||
| Total spent: £608.7m/$797.3m | Total received: £266.4m/$350.2m | ||
| Total net spend: £342.3m/$447.1m | |||
Premier League 2023/24 TV channels, live streams
| Region | TV | Streaming |
| Australia | — | Optus Sport |
| Canada | — | |
| Hong Kong | — | Now TV |
| India | Star Sports | Disney+, Hotstar, JioTV |
| Malaysia | Astro SuperSport | Astro Go |
| New Zealand | Sky Sport | Sky Sport Now, Sky Go |
| Singapore | StarHub | StarHub TV+ |
| UK | Sky Sports, TNT Sports | NOW TV, Sky Go, Amazon Prime |
| USA | USA Network, Telemundo, Universo |
Fubo, Peacock |
UK: Matches are carried across Sky Sports and TNT Sports streaming and TV platforms, with select matches on Amazon Prime.
USA: Select matches are televised on USA Network (English) and Telemundo or Universo (Spanish), and all three channels can be streamed on Fubo. The rest of the matches are streamed on NBC platform Peacock for subscribers.
Canada: Every Premier League game this season is live streamed exclusively via Fubo in Canada.
Australia: Fans in Australia can stream every match live and on demand on Optus Sport.
India: Star Sports network has the rights to show Premier League matches in India. As well as an English broadcast on Star Sports Select, select matches will be available via regional feeds on Star Sports 3 (in Bengali, English, Kannada, Malayalam), Star Sports 1 (Bangla) and Star Sports 1 (Tamil).