Chelsea set for £4.4m windfall and Mason Mount Man Utd theory pitched as Blues moves vindicated
Chelsea oversaw a complete squad overhaul in the summer. Mauricio Pochettino was announced as Blues boss with a squad that was bloated and struggled in the second half of the Premier League season.
What unfolded was the sale of a number of Chelsea stars who had won the Champions League with the club, to be replaced by a summer of spending. Some players left in controversy, others as legends and a few simply will have known they never had a future at the club long before they left.
football.london takes a look at how the players to depart have got on since leaving Stamford Bridge.
Edouard Mendy — The Senegal international is among the finalists for the title of Best African Goalkeeper at the CAF Awards following his move to Al-Ahli in the summer and has recorded five clean sheets from 15 appearances for the Saudi side. Mendy's side sit third in the Saudi Pro League.
Kalidou Koulibaly - The former Napoli defender is yet to taste defeat for Al-Hilal, and has helped them to sit top of the league. Koulibaly has even provided a goal and an assist within his first 14 appearances.
Mateo Kovacic - The Croatian midfielder sits top of the Premier League with Manchester City and has featured 14 times across all competitions. His contributions have come from a combination of the bench and the starting XI but injury following his return to Chelsea could now rule him out for three weeks.
The ex-Real Madrid ace appears happy to have completed his summer however, and is enjoying working under Pep Guardiola. He said: «It's amazing and tough because I’m learning a lot of new things and I would have loved to come at an earlier age to learn. But it's never too late to learn. I think like that. So I'm happy I can learn from him and what he
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