Retained and Released by Chelsea 2015
Chelsea have submitted their retained and released list to the Premier League, which is required to be submitted by all clubs no later than the 3rd Saturday in May.
We have known for a while that Didier Drogba will be leaving the club and has been announced as the only player that will leave the club on a free transfer.
Of course we fully expect other transfers to go through in due course (such as Gael Kakuta’s reported move to Europa League winners Sevilla) however any transfer for a player on the retained list will require both clubs to come to a fee agreement before a move can go ahead.
Player Status
The ‘retained and released’ list is broken into three categories which are pretty straightforward and detailed below.
Contract Players: Players that are contracted to the club beyond this summer on professional terms
Scholars: Aged between 16 – 19 but hasn’t signed a Professional football contract yet. They are on what is known as a scholarship (or apprentices). The Premier League is responsible for ensuring these players all receive a formal education programme in addition to their full-time footballing education.
Free transfers: Players’ whose contract has expired and they haven’t agreed an extension with the club
Agreed Transfers
While the full list of retained players includes those that are contracted to the club, there are some transfers that have already been agreed and will ‘officially’ be completed on 30th June.
Agreed Loans Out
– Stipe Perica remains at Udinese until 30 June 2016
– Christian Atsu will go on loan to Bournemouth until 30 June 2016
Agreed Transfers In
– Nathan for £3,960,000 from Atletico Paranaense will sign on 1st July 2015
The Full Chelsea Retained and Released List
So here it is, the full retained and released list in all it’s glory. No huge surprises this year but it’s always interesting to look at who’s on the books.
The list below was provided to the Premier League by 28th May and naturally a player’s status may have changed since then.
Contract Players
Abraham, Tammy
Aina, Temitayo Olufisayo
Ake, Nathan Benjamin
Ali, Mukhtar Abdullahi
Angban, Bekanty Victorien
Azpilicueta, Tanco Cesar
Baker, Lewis Renard
Bamford, Patrick James
Beeney, Mitchell Ryan
Blackman, Jamal Clint-Ross
Boga, Jeremie
Borges da Silva, Willian
Brown, Isaiah Jay
Cahill, Gary James
Cech, Petr
Chalobah, Nathaniel Nyakie
Christensen, Andreas Bodtker
Christie-Davies, Isaac David
Clarke-Salter, Jake-Liam
Colkett, Charlie
Collins, Bradley Ray
Conroy, Dion John
Courtois, Thibaut
Cuadrado Bello, Juan Guillermo
Cuevas Jara, Cristian Alejandro
Da Silva Costa, Diego
Dabo, Sheik Mohamed Fankaty
Davey, Alex James
Davila, Plascencia Ulises Alejandro
Delac, Matej
Dos Santos Emboaba, Oscar
Fabregas Soler, Francesc
Feruz, Islam
Hazard, Eden
Houghton, Jordan
Ivanovic, Branislav
Kakuta, Gael
Kalas, Tomas
Kane, Todd Arthur Lucien
Kasmirski, Filipe Luis
Kiwomya, Andrew Alexander
Loftus Cheek, Ruben
Marin, Marko
Matic, Nemanja
McEachran, Joshua Mark
Mikel, John Obi
Mitchell, Reece Steven
Moses, Victor
Musonda, Charles
Musonda, Tika Kafusha
Oliveira Dos Santos, Wallace
Omeruo, Kenneth
Palmer, Kasey Remel
Pasalic, Mario
Perica, Stipe
Piazon, Lucas Domingues
Remy, Loic
Rodriguez, Gonzalez Jhoao Leandro
Salah, Mohamed
Sammut, Ruben
Santos Do Nascimento, Ramires
Scott, Kyle
Solanke-Mitchell, Dominic Ayodele
Suljic, Ali
Swift, John David
Terry, John George
Traore, Bertrand
Twasam, Christian Atsu
Van Ginkel, Wulfert Cornelius
Vidal, Oriol Romeu
Wright, Kevin
Zouma, Kurt Happy
Scholars
Adamczyk, Hubert
Bolkiah, Faiq Jefri
Dasilva, Jay Rhys
Muheim, Miro Max Maria
Tomori, Fikayo
Wakefield, Charlie Mark
Free transfers
Drogba, Didier