WIRE — Chelsea are in a race against time to trim their big squad ahead of the summer transfer window deadline. The Blues must offload 16 players in 25 days. Xabi Alonso currently has 41 senior players in his squad and must clear out most of them. Alonso is expected to go into his first season at Transfer: Chelsea to offload 16 players as FIFA bans bomb squads
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