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Four players Chelsea should sell to fund future transfers

By ROSHAAN KAPOOR

LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 21: Tammy Abraham of Chelsea celebrates after scoring their team's second goal during the Premier League match between Chelsea and West Ham United at Stamford Bridge on December 21, 2020 in London, England. The match will be played without fans, behind closed doors as a Covid-19 precaution. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 21: Tammy Abraham of Chelsea celebrates after scoring their team's second goal during the Premier League match between Chelsea and West Ham United at Stamford Bridge on December 21, 2020 in London, England. The match will be played without fans, behind closed doors as a Covid-19 precaution. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images) /
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LONDON, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 23: Ross Barkley of Chelsea celebrates after scoring his sides third goal during the Carabao Cup third round match between Chelsea and Barnsley at Stamford Bridge on September 23, 2020 in London, England. Football Stadiums around United Kingdom remain empty due to the Coronavirus Pandemic as Government social distancing laws prohibit fans inside venues resulting in fixtures being played behind closed doors. (Photo by Alastair Grant – Pool/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 23: Ross Barkley of Chelsea celebrates after scoring his sides third goal during the Carabao Cup third round match between Chelsea and Barnsley at Stamford Bridge on September 23, 2020 in London, England. Football Stadiums around United Kingdom remain empty due to the Coronavirus Pandemic as Government social distancing laws prohibit fans inside venues resulting in fixtures being played behind closed doors. (Photo by Alastair Grant – Pool/Getty Images) /

2. Ross Barkley

Purchased from Everton for £15 million, Ross Barkley has had a very “stop-start” Chelsea career up until this point. He was a regular player under former manager Maurizio Sarri, but never managed to “wow” the fans quite like he did those at Goodison park. Barkley did show glimpses of how great a player he can still become, but his career-long issue of staying injury free always seems to be his downfall.

Under Lampard, his campaign was pretty much the same as before. It was nothing too impressive with 10 goal involvements all season and his reoccurring injury issues continued. After Chelsea’s big transfer window, Barkley was loaned out to Aston Villa for the 2020/21 season as first team opportunities would not be easy to come by. He had an amazing string of performances and scored against the likes of Liverpool and Leicester City to start the campaign. The versatile attacker was putting in impressive performances, but once again suffered a hamstring injury and was out of action for a month.

It seemed as if his hamstring injury essentially sent him back to square one and just like his previous injuries, he couldn’t replicate his impressive form. Toward the latter end of the season, he lost his starting spot and that indicated how much of a downfall he had in regards to his form.

Now, as Barkley returns back to the pre-season training camp, it seems that this will be his last chance of getting into the Chelsea squad. With only two years left on his contract and with a market value slightly above the amount in which the Blues purchased him, Chelsea might very well look to sell Barkley for a profit and focus on young players in midfield like Conor Gallagher. Any bid in the region of £20 million could tempt Chelsea board to cash in with teams like Newcastle United and West Ham United being linked with the attacking midfielder.

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