Chelsea confident over financial situation heading into summer transfer window
Chelsea are relaxed about their financial situation and are not close to breaching spending regulations, understands.
Following a January transfer window in which Chelsea did not sign a single player, reports emerged suggesting the Blues were in danger of financial sanctions after a year of immense spending under Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital.
However, sources close to Chelsea are confident that is not the case, with the club pointing to their outstanding record of selling players in recent years as evidence of their financial strength.
The Chelsea owners oversaw some huge sales last summer. Kai Havertz, Mason Mount, Kalidou Koulibaly, Mateo Kovacic, Christian Pulisic, Edouard Mendy, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Ethan Ampadu and Callum Hudson-Odoi were all sold, while N'Golo Kante, Cesar Azpilicueta and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang were among the high-earners to leave on free transfers, freeing up significant room in Chelsea's wage budget.
This summer, Chelsea do not expect a similarly drastic change to the squad but there are several fringe players who are available for transfer.
Romelu Lukaku will be available for £37m once his loan with Roma comes to a close, while Ian Maatsen's £35m release clause will become active in the summer. Armando Broja was valued at £50m in January but could be sold for closer to the £35m mark at the end of the season.
Trevoh Chalobah is also free to leave Chelsea but the centre-back is waiting for the right move and would prefer to join a club that can offer him European football.
Chelsea's budget could also be boosted by the sale of midfielder Conor Gallagher. While the 24-year-old is not actively for sale, Chelsea's policy is to listen to offers for any players in the final two years of their
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