According to Sky Sports, whether Chelsea will continue to sign in this transfer window depends on whether some players leave the team. Any signing at Chelsea "depends on the departure of some players" as they need to balance spending in order to register new players in the Champions League. As of Thursday, their priority remains to complete the Ghanacho deal.

Players expected to leave include Sterling, Chilville, Jackson, Tyrek George, Dissace, Gilchrist and David Forfana. The club decided not to make an offer for the introduction of Harvey Simmons because they had other goals.

As previously reported, Chelsea valued Xavi Simmons between 50 million and 55 million euros.