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Academy star Reggie Watson has been added to Chelsea’s 30-man squad list on the official club website. 👀

Other academy names included are Nicoll-Jazuli and Olutayo Subuloye.

Xabi Alonso now has more options to call upon and will look to rotate the squad when necessary. 🔄💙

Thoughts?

 🚨 With Marco Palestra bought to operate primarily as a right wing-back, captain Reece James is seen as the player to fill the spot vacated by Enzo Fernandez. A new midfielder in January will depend on Chelsea’s progress over the next four months and whether any other fitness issues in key areas have emerged.

Chelsea wanted to move on from players who had close ties to former head coach Enzo Maresca. Sources familiar with negotiations on the City side say that Chelsea asked City to back away from signing Bouaddi so that he could replace Enzo and to swap O’Reilly for Gusto + money.

Malo Gusto had been seen as an ideal option for right-back for City but they had no intention of paying Chelsea’s £80m asking price. Pedro Neto was also scouted but Chelsea's fee was too high. CFC deny that they asked for City to step aside for Bouaddi and that Gusto was never available.

Only three players earmarked for a possible departure remain:

The focus is on integrating Kendry Paez and working on improving his standards.

Aaron Anselmino is now part of the first-team squad.

Gaga Slonina is going to compete for the third-choice role along with Teddy Sharman-Lowe.

(theathleticfc)

Chelsea’s OFFICIAL 2026/27 squad depth for this season (until January)…

Erin Cuthbert. Chelsea captain. 💙

Which 2 CB’s would you put next to Lacroix against @Arsenal_london on Sunday?

 🗣️ Xabi Alonso ahead of Chelsea’s match against @Arsenal_london [A] in the Premier League:

🏥 𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬:

“We will check [Moises Caicedo] tomorrow. Tomorrow is the last decision for the squad on Sunday.”

🤔 On 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐧𝐳𝐨 𝐅𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐳’𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞𝐚’𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐒 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐜𝐨’𝐬 𝐋𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐚:

“We have different qualities, personalities, like Valentin [Barco], he is young but he has come with great energy.

“We have [Jordan] Hendo], he has the composure, the mentality, he knows what is going on in the game so he is getting closer and closer to playing time.

“With Romeo [Lavia], Reece [James] as well, even Malo [Gusto] can play, [Reggie] Watson as well, Mahdi [Nicoll-Jazuli] from the academy.

“We have options and we need to have the right balance and we think that we have quality, competitiveness for all the season and to face each opponent.”

🤝 𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐰:

“think that we can be very happy with the whole transfer window.

“I think that what we started talking in late May, early June, many things we have accomplished. I think that it’s a very balanced structure, phase one, that we have made in this transfer window with what we had and where we are now. It’s a good first one. Phase one is completed. It’s a good one for now and for the future.”

(Via Bobby Vincent - Football London)

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