Breaking Chelsea dump FOUR stars – worth £145MILLION – from their Club World Cup selection as ‘bomb squad’ emerges… but one player does survive Enzo Maresca’s new rule EnglishHeadline

Chelsea‘s squad will stay divided going into a brand new season as Enzo Maresca has excluded at the very least 4 males going into the Membership World Cup. 

The Blues kick off their marketing campaign subsequent Monday towards LAFC earlier than additional group fixtures towards Flamengo and ES Tunis. 

Final summer time Maresca made the hierarchy clear as he banished 13 stars to coach away from the primary crew within the growth facility with Carlo Cudicini.

Now, the supervisor has excluded Djordje Petrovic, Raheem Sterling, Joao Felix, and Axel Disasi from his event squad.

All 4 spent at the very least the second half of the 2024-25 season out on mortgage. Petrovic is a selected shock given Chelsea’s goalkeeping scenario and his spectacular performances on mortgage at Strasbourg.

In complete they value Chelsea £145.4million (Petrovic £14m, Sterling £50m, Felix £42.7m, Disasi £38.7m). 

Chelsea supervisor Enzo Maresca has excluded 4 gamers from his Membership World Cup squad

Djordje Petrovic is maybe the most important shock after doing properly on mortgage at Strasbourg

There’s additionally no room for Raheem Sterling after an unconvincing spell away at Arsenal

Andrey Santos, who was additionally on mortgage at Strasbourg, in addition to new signings, Liam Delap, Dario Essugo, and Mamadou Sarr, have been included. 

Santos is the exception to the rule, with different gamers who have been despatched out on mortgage being sidelined as Chelsea see this as an extension to the 2024-25 marketing campaign.

Sterling struggled for begins at Arsenal, Disasi was a rotation participant at Aston Villa, and Felix endured a difficult mortgage spell at AC Milan, even being branded ‘ineffective’ by Italian journalist Fabio Ravezzani.

Chelsea would have preferred to be naming Jamie Gittens and Mike Maignan of their troop for his or her American journey however have been spurned on the miniature deadline day.

Borussia Dortmund rejected Chelsea’s second provide of £42m for Gittens and the Blues selected to not enhance their provide, with the Bundesliga giants wanting nearer to £55m.

The second switch window of the summer time will re-open on Monday and any signings after then will be registered for the knockout phases of the Membership World Cup. 

Chelsea’s method for AC Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan collapsed after they refused to fulfill the asking worth.

The west Londoners valued the 29-year-old France worldwide, who has a yr left on his deal on the San Siro, as excessive as £12.7m.

Joao Felix’s stint with AC Milan has not seen him earn a spot again in Maresca’a aspect

Axel Disasi (left) has additionally reportedly been neglected forward of the event in America

Chelsea are concentrating on extra silverware after lifting the Europa Convention League final month 

Andrey Santos will probably be given a chance after impressing throughout his mortgage at Strasbourg

However Milan needed as a lot as £20m and have been glad to impose a ‘Membership World Cup tax,’ on Chelsea, understanding they’re set to financial institution some money from the event. 

That saga makes Petrovic’s exclusion extra stunning, as a result of they’re left with Filip Jorgensen, Robert Sanchez, and Mike Petrovic, none of whom have made an amazing case for the gloves long-term. 

Whereas Chelsea’s deal for Maignan fell by means of, they did full the signing of defender Sarr from Strasbourg for £12m on Monday morning.

That took the membership’s spending this summer time to £60m already, having finalised strikes for Delap and extremely rated Sporting Lisbon prospect Essugo.

Maresca will get a greater really feel for his aspect forward of a demanding season which entails a return to the Champions League.

Chelsea received the Europa Convention League and completed fourth within the Premier League final season.