Chelsea Starts Laundry! After Timo Werner Returns To RB Leipzig, 7 Other Players Will Be Released

There are seven Chelsea players who will follow in the footsteps of Timo Werner out of Stamford Bridge. (Photo: Twitter @ChelseaFC)

JAKARTA - Chelsea will reportedly wash the warehouse. There are seven players who will follow Timo Werner who was released to his old club, RB Leipzig.

According to reports, Timo Werner has been in Germany since Monday. He came there to complete a move to his former club.

The 26-year-old player was released by the Blues for a transfer value of 25 million pounds, equivalent to 448 billion rupiah. He will also lead the exodus of Blues players.

Werner previously joined Chelsea in 2020. The London club brought him from Leipzig for a fee of 47.5 million pounds (Rp852 billion) at the time.

Initially the Blues reportedly only wanted to sell Werner to Leipzig on a one-season contract and include a buy-back option. However, the latest agreement calls for the player to be released permanently.

Werner is the latest big name released by the Blues since new owner American businessman Todd Boehly took over the club. Previously they had sent Romelu Lukaku back to Inter Milan on loan.

Then Antonio Rudiger and Andreas Christensen moved to a Spanish club on a free transfer.

Werner, who scored just four goals in 21 Premier League games last season, will not be the last player to leave Stamford Bridge. Seven other players will soon follow his steps.

Including Marcos Alonso who has been linked with a move to Barcelona. In addition, Callum Hudson-Odoi is also rumored to be leaving London.

Hudson-Odoi has reportedly told Chelsea he wants to go on loan. Borussia Dortmund, Leicester, and Southampton, are included in the clubs that are the next destinations.

The England international is under contract until 2024. He was also included in the squad that beat Everton at Goodison Park in the first week of the league season.

So far the Blues have not confirmed whether they will cash in or not this summer. But what is certain is that they need to recover their finances after spending 165 million pounds to buy five new players.

Chelsea are also likely to shell out 80 million pounds to sign Wesley Fofana from Leicester. Until now, The Foxes still insist on releasing Fofana at that number.

The five other players that the Blues might release are Ethan Ampadu, Kenedy, Billy Gilmour, Ross Barkley and Michy Batshuayi. Those names are unlikely to stay at Stamford Bridge after not getting a jersey number this season.