£325,000-per-week Chelsea star eye Saudi clubs transfer after Pochettino exit
A £325,000-per-week star has verbally agreed to quit Chelsea this summer, pending a summer transfer from Saudi Arabian clubs.
Players at Chelsea who may be sold soon
Chelsea may sell players like Raheem Sterling, Conor Gallagher, and Trevoh Chalobah when the transfer window reopens in an effort to raise money for squad strengthening while also adhering to FFP and PSR regulations.
Gallagher is viewed as Chelsea all the way around, and in 2023–2024, the Englishman had a major role under former manager Mauricio Pochettino. Although his contract is currently slated to end in 2025 and there isn’t a new deal in place, selling him would be a very unpopular move among their fan base.
This gives Chelsea little choice but to sell if they cannot agree an extension, while versatile defender Chalobah is also up for grabs at just £25 million this summer despite his resurgence in the first team lately.
Meanwhile, rumours have suggested lately that Sterling could be sacrificed in swap deals for key Chelsea transfer targets, so a few squad members may well be on the move out of Stamford Bridge past June 14.
There is also the matter of Chelsea’s loanees elsewhere, with the board very eager to fully offload striker Romelu Lukaku. The Belgian, who cost £98 million to re-sign from Inter Milan in 2021, will unfortunately go down as one of the club’s biggest-ever flops.
He’s been sent on temporary spells back to Inter and to their Serie A rivals Roma in the time he has been a Chelsea player, scoring 26 Italian top-flight goals in total across 22/23 and 23/24.
Lukaku has verbal pact with Chelsea to leave amid Saudi interest
Reports suggest the £325,000-per-week Lukaku has played his last game for Chelsea and will be moved on when the window reopens, and Ben Jacobs has shared an update on this for GiveMeSport.
The journalist claims Lukaku and Chelsea have a “verbal agreement” he will be sold for £38 million, with Saudi sides taking an interest in the potential transfer opportunity.
“Chelsea want €45m (£38m) for Romelu Lukaku. Their position hasn’t changed since last summer. Al-Hilal had a bid for this amount accepted, but Lukaku wanted to stay in Italy,” said Jacobs.
“There is no formal release clause, but there is a verbal agreement between Chelsea and Lukaku that he will be sold if someone tables a bid for this amount.
“There remains interest from Saudi, but not from Al-Hilal anymore. The Napoli links could gather pace since their new sporting director Giovanni Manna was the driving force behind Lukaku’s proposed move to Juventus last summer.”