This summer’s international window has come to a close with Chelsea ’s expenditure trumping the rest of the Premier League.
While the likes of Burnley did not spend a penny on transfer fees, Chelsea’s outlay topped £250million. Fringe players and neglected first-teamers were also sent out on loan late on in the window, in order to recoup some of the funds expunged on new arrivals.
Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Ross Barkley secured Premier League loans for the season, but Frank Lampard will be disappointed he could not find a temporary home for the likes of Marcos Alonso or Emerson Palmieri.
German international defender Antonio Rüdiger also looks set to leave west London at the next available opportunity. At present the chances of him
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