Chelsea Leave £179m Quartet Out Of Club World Cup Squad

Raheem Sterling, Joao Felix, Axel Disasi and Ben Chilwell person been near retired of Chelsea's 28-man squad for nan Fifa Club World Cup.

The quartet costs nan Blues astir £179m successful transportation fees and each ended past play retired connected loan.

The first version of nan expanded Club World Cup format originates successful nan United States connected Sunday, 15 June (01:00 BST).

Sterling costs £50m erstwhile he arrived from Manchester City successful 2022, but nan 30-year-old England forward, spent past play connected indebtedness pinch Arsenal, starting conscionable 13 games and scoring once.

Felix made a imperishable move to Chelsea past summertime for £45m and scored 7 goals from 20 appearances earlier nan Portugal forward, 25, ended nan run connected indebtedness astatine AC Milan.

The Blues paid £38.5m to motion Axel Disasi from Monaco successful 2023 and nan 27-year-old France defender played 17 games past word earlier ending nan play connected indebtedness pinch Aston Villa.

Chilwell was a £45m signing successful 2020 and, aft conscionable 1 Chelsea crippled past term, nan England left-back, 28, spent nan remainder of nan play pinch Crystal Palace, being an unused substitute successful nan Eagles' FA Cup last triumph complete Manchester City.

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