Chelsea may have let Ross Barkley and Ruben Loftus-Cheek leave on loan but both have left for very different reasons. The Blues splashed out the most in the transfer window after over £200m was spent.Kai Havertz topped the bill, costing a club-record £72m, but there were also moves for Ben Chilwell, Timo Werner and Hakim Ziyech.
But Frank Lampard had wanted more and was eyeing a deal for Declan Rice only to be told by West Ham there was no way he would leave.
In the end, the Stamford Bridge outfit did not even make a bid for the England international.That was because they could not shift enough of the fringe players on the final day of the transfer window.Several players did leave, such as Tiemoue Bakayoko and Matt Miazga, but many -.
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