Premier League Transfer News & Rumors: Chelsea Roster & Schedule UPDATES
Chelsea has completed its final roster for the Premier League transfer season, bringing in five new players and getting rid of 22.
Below is a complete list of completed transfers, courtesy of The Mirror:
Transfer In:
Cesc Fabregas - Barcelona - £27m
Diego Costa - Atletico Madrid - £32m
Mario Pasalic - Hajduk Split - Undisclosed
Filipe Luis - Atletico Madrid - Undisclosed
Didier Drogba - Galatasaray - Free
Transfer Out:
David Luiz - Paris Saint-Germain - £50m
Samuel Eto'o - Released
Ashley Cole - Roma - Free
Frank Lampard - New York City - Free
Henrique Hilario - Released
Sam Hutchinson - Sheffield Wednesday - Free
Bertrand Traore - Vitesse - Loan
Thorgan Hazard - Borussia Monchengladbach - Loan
Demba Ba - Besiktas - £4.7m
Lucas Piazon - Frankfurt - Loan
Patrick van Aanholt - Sunderland - Undisclosed
Ryan Bertrand - Southampton - Loan
Romelu Lukaku - Everton - £28m
John Swift - Rotherham - Loan
Oriol Romeu - Stuttgart - Loan
Kenneth Omeruo - Middlesbrough - Loan
Billy Clifford - Walsall - Free
Christian Atsu - Everton - Loan
Victor Moses - Stoke - Loan
Josh McEachran - Vitesse Arnhem - Loan
Marko Marin - Fiorentina - Loan
George Saville - Wolves - Undisclosed
Chelsea manager José Mourinho hopes rotation will persuade Petr Cech to remain at the team, The Guardian reports.
"I have not spoken to Petr," Mourinho said, according to the newspaper.
"...because if I speak with him, tomorrow I have to speak to another player, then another one, another one. I've never done this in my career. I don't have to speak to players about decisions. For me [the hierarchy] is the club, the team and then the players. The club is not under my control. The team, yes. So I want the players to see that everything I do is thinking about the team."