Chelsea new players

The men's transfer window has now closed in England and most of Europe's top leagues, and here we round up all of Chelsea's business over the summer.

The experienced defender, a long-time target, joined from Napoli. Several players have left on loan. The Swiss midfielder comes from Juventus.

Chelsea had a busy transfer window as many important players from their last season's team left the club.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and [Denis Zakaria](https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1565408920138649602) have both completed moves to the Premier League club on deadline day. Left-back Marc Cucurella was bought from Brighton and Hove Albion for a [hefty fee](https://theathletic.com/3480068/2022/08/05/marc-cucurella-chelsea-brighton-transfer) of €65.3 million. However, the American shotstopper was immediately loaned out to his former club. [left the club](https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1565466150426779648) on a free transfer. Danny Drinkwater's contract with Chelsea expired as well, and the player is now without a club. Strikers Timo Werner and Romelu Lukaku have returned to their respective former clubs, RB Leipzig and Inter Milan. [understood](https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1565402570012741636) to have left Chelsea on a free transfer to join Premier League rivals Nottingham Forest. [left the club](https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1565365274190270464?s=20&t=xvgjCj7VdA0OTgGY6ed2WA), with Ampadu joining Venezia on loan and Gilmour securing a permanent transfer to Brighton and Hove Albion. However, they managed to sign a host of new players as replacements, including some big names, during the 2022 summer transfer window. Both players went out on free transfers, with Rudiger joining Real Madrid and Christensen going to Barcelona. [Raheem Sterling](https://www.sportskeeda.com/player/raheem-sterling) joined the Blues for a [fee of](https://www.football.london/chelsea-fc/transfer-news/chelsea-raheem-sterling-wage-fee-24482669) €56.2 million from Manchester City. [terminated](https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/article/barkley-departs?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=orgsoc&utm_campaign=none) his contract with the Blues by mutual consent.

There have been plenty of expensive recruits coming through the door at Stamford Bridge but questions must be asked of Chelsea's new owners over the manner ...

[N’Golo Kante](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/ngolo-kante) struggling with injuries and only a year left on his deal. But the problem is that Chelsea have resembled a team in transition in the early weeks of the season as they won at Everton, drew with Tottenham, beat Leicester and yet suffered surprise away defeats at Leeds and Southampton. Former Arsenal captain Aubameyang was shown the door at the Emirates in January, only lasted seven months at Barcelona and now rocks up at Chelsea in a cut-price deal but will still be a big earner. [Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/pierre-emerick-aubameyang) arrival was the most eye-catching even if it was one of their smaller deals with Marcos Alonso going the other way in a player-plus-cash move. It is exactly what Chelsea boss [Thomas Tuchel](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/thomas-tuchel) was demanding from the end of last season when he warned this summer was not just about two or three big transfers but a complete rebuild. At Southampton, they looked like a team without identity or direction with even Tuchel admitting that he could not wait until the end of the transfer window to bring some stability. Boehly’s protracted takeover was only completed at the end of May which left the club playing catch up in the transfer market. And yet the worry for Chelsea is that they have ended up effectively having to do a crazy supermarket sweep having started weeks behind all of their rivals. Having pledged around £4billion to buy the club, the £250m splashed out on new players must bring a degree of expectation - and yet it feels like a big money gamble rather than a safe bet. Chelsea have become the Premier League’s big spenders making up more than their fair share of this summer’s huge summer spree which pushed close to the £2billion mark. [Kalidou Koulibaly](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/kalidou-koulibaly) and [Raheem Sterling](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/raheem-sterling) joined for £34m and £50m respectively and the whole squad is undergoing a huge overhaul. [Todd Boehly](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/todd-boehly) arrived at [Chelsea](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/chelsea-fc) determined to make a big statement in the transfer market.