Chelsea have announced their retained list following the 2021/22 season. The Blues earlier announced that Andreas Christensen, Danny Drinkwater, Jake Clarke-Salter and Charly Musonda would be leaving the club.
A number of Chelsea players were set to be out of contract this summer including Cesar Azpilicueta, who saw his contract extended after triggering an appearance clause, while the Blues have offered deals to Ethan Wady and Xavier Simons. football.london understands the latter has agreed a deal, however. Development squad players Thierno Ballo, George McEachran and Karlo Žiger all appear to have departed.
Chelsea entered the season with Azpilicueta, Christensen, Antonio Rudiger and Thiago Silva all in the final 12 months of their contract. Silva saw his deal extended in January, while Rudiger's free transfer to Real Madrid had already been confirmed.
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The Blues saw the period in which they could negotiate deals truncated after Roman Abramovich was sanctioned by the UK Government. That resulted in the west London side operating under a special licence which saw them unable to agree new contracts or transfers.
See Chelsea's retained list below:
Contracts
Abu, Derrick
Adegoke, Prince
Alonso Mendoza, Marcos
Ampadu, Ethan
Andersson, Edwin Samuel
Anjorin, Faustino Adebola Rasheed
Arrizabalaga Revuelta, Kepa
Azpilicueta Tanco, Cesar (Extended)
Baba, Abdul Rahman
Badley-Morgan, Luke Bailey
Bakayoko, Tiemoue
Barkley, Ross
Batshuayi, Michy
Baxter, Nathan
Bergstrom, Lucas Carl Edvard
Bettinelli, Marcus
Broja, Armando
Brooking, Joshua Royston
Burstow, Mason
Chalobah, Trevoh Tom
Chilwell, Benjamin James
Cumming, James Andrew
Elliott, Benjamin Njongoue
Emiliano Da Silva, Thiago
Familia-Castillo, Juan Carlos
Fiabema, Bryan Benjamin
Flower, Louis Christopher
Gallagher, Conor
Gilchrist, Alfie
Gilmour, Billy Clifford
Haigh, Joe Samuel
Hall, Lewis
Havertz, Kai Lukas
Hudson-Odoi, Callum James
Hughes, Brodi
Humphreys, Bashir
James, Reece
Jorge Luiz, Frello Filho
Kante, N'Golo
Kovacic, Mateo
Kpakpe, Alex Colin
Lawrence, Henry
Loftus-Cheek, Ruben
Lukaku Bolingoli, Romelu
Maatsen, Ian
Mbuyamba, Xavier Tshimanga Kamaluba
McClelland, Sam
Mendy, Edouard Osoque
Miazga, Matthew
Mothersille, Malik Maine
Mount, Mason
Nunes Nascimento, Robert Kenedy
Nunn, George Johannes (Extended)
Olise, Richard Oghenekome
Palmieri Dos Santos, Emerson
Pulisic, Christian Mate
Rankine, Dion Joseph
Samuels Colwill, Levi Lemar
Sarr, Malang Mamadou William
Sharman-Lowe, Teddy Samuel
Simons, Xavier Levi (Offer)
Soonsup-Bell, Jude Jacob
Sterling, Dujon Henriques
Stutter, Ronnie Edward
Tauriainen, Jimi Weikko
Thomas, Silko Amari Otieno
Tlemcani, Sami
Tobin, Joshua Louis
Vale, Harvey James
Wady, Ethan James (Offer)
Wareham, Jayden Darren George
Webster, Charles Clive
Werner, Timo
Williams, Dylan Riley
Ziyech, Hakim
Scholars
Castledine, Leo Alexander Francis
Gee, William Peter
Mendel-Idowu, Tudor Oldrunninbe
Rak Sakyi, Samuel
Silcott-Duberry, Zain Rio
