Antonio Conte can certainly look at his first transfer window in charge of Chelsea and feel good about himself. After going right down to the last day pursuing and bidding on players he managed to secure the return of one of the club’s most popular players in David Luiz from PSG. David Luiz is happy to return to West London as he believes he has unfinished business with the Blues. Conte also added the depth and options needed in defense with the addition of Premier League experienced Marcos Alonso from Serie A. By adding another keeper and signing the latest of Belgium’s hot young strikers with potential and explosiveness plus adding the standout newcomer midfielder of the Premier League last season, Conte really has had a super successful transfer window. You can check out all the newcomers and players leaving below courtesy of Sky Sports.
INs
David Luiz – from PSG for £30m
Marcos Alonso – Fiorentina, £23m
Michy Batshuayi – Marseille, £33.2m
N’Golo Kante – Leicester, £32m
Eduardo – Dinamo Zagreb, undisclosed
OUTs
Mohamed Salah – Roma, £12m
Stipe Perica – Udinese, £3.2m
Marko Marin – Olympiakos, undisclosed
Charly Musonda – Real Betis, loan
Nathan – Vitesse Arnhem, loan
Lewis Baker – Vitesse Arnhem, loan
Mitchell Beeney – Crawley, loan
Nathan Ake – Bournemouth, loan
Jeremie Boga – Granada, loan
Tomas Kalas – Fulham, loan
Alex Kiwomya – Crewe Alexandra, loan
Reece Mitchell – Chesterfield, free
John Swift – Reading, free
Marco Amelia – released
Tika Musonda – released
Kevin Wright – released
Baba Rahman – Schalke,loan
Alex Davey – Crawley, loan
Michael Hector – Eintracht Frankfurt, loan
Jamal Blackman – Wycombe, loan
Izzy Brown – Rotherham, loan
Mario Pasalic – AC Milan, loan
Patrick Bamford – Burnley, loan
Loic Remy – Crystal Palace, loan
Kenedy – Watford, loan
Cristian Cuevas – Sint-Truidense, loan
Juan Cuadrado – Juventus, loan
The window has produced plenty of drama but given the cracking start of 3 wins from 3 games delivered by Antonio Conte and now the way he and the Board have pulled of the key transfers the club needed, the Blues must be feeling pretty good ahead of the season which resumes after the international break.