Chelsea aiming to raise £200m in sales by offloading NINE players after making Pedro Neto their 12th signing of summer transfer window

Chelsea have been the most active among the top clubs in Europe having already signed 12 players in the ongoing summer transfer window. They have close to 45 players in their current first-team, however, the club are planning to offload as many as nine more players before the window closes on August 30, according to the Daily Mail.

The club have already finalised an exit for Diego Moreira - who joined them as a free agent last season - for £1.7million (€1.9m/$2.1m) to sister club Strasbourg. They are also close to finalising moves for players like Romelu Lukaku, Trevoh Chalobah, Armando Broja, David Datro Fofa, Noni Madueke, Carney Chukwuemeka, Cesare Casadei, Bashir Humphreys and Raheem Sterling who have all been deemed surplus to Enzo Maresca's needs.

The Blues are also close to selling Conor Gallagher to Atletico Madrid, however, the move could now collapse at the last moment after Samu Omorodion's move to Stamford Bridge failed.

Despite already signing 12 players, the west London side are reportedly in talks to sign Joao Felix from Atletico Madrid and remain confident of landing Victor Osmihen from Napoli before the deadline.

After a series of disappointing results in pre-season, Enzo Maresca's men will kick off the new Premier League season on Sunday against reigning champions Manchester City.