Chelsea ready to offload their 'smartest signing' of last summer, following League Cup embarrassment: report

Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino looks dejected after defeat to Wolves in December 2023.
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Chelsea are looking to sanction a sale of a player that they only signed last summer, with the League Cup final disappointment still fresh in their minds.

The Blues were beaten 1-0 in extra-time by Liverpool on Sunday, with Jurgen Klopp bringing on several youngsters and seeing his side improve as the game went on. The result was a big embarrassment for Chelsea, with Gary Neville now infamously labelling the side “billion-pound bottle jobs”

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Mark White is the Digital Content Editor at FourFourTwo. During his time on the brand, Mark has written three cover features on Mikel Arteta, Martin Odegaard and the Invincibles, and has written pieces on subjects ranging from Sir Bobby Robson’s time at Barcelona to the career of Robinho. An encyclopedia of football trivia and collector of shirts, he first joined the team back in 2020 as a staff writer.