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Mauricio Pochettino is not expecting Conor Gallagher, Armando Broja or Trevoh Chalobah to leave Chelsea before the January transfer window deadline.
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The Chelsea trio remain strongly linked with moves away from Stamford Bridge with there still time for ingoing and outgoing business with the mid-season with set to close at 11pm on Thursday.
The Blues have spent over £1billion on new players since the club’s takeover in May 2022. Selling academy graduates serves as one of their easiest means of balancing the books to comply with financial fair play rules with such sales regarded as 100 per cent profit in the eyes of regulators.
Gallagher has been almost ever-present in Pochettino’s starting XI this season, wearing the captain’s armband in the absence of Reece James, but his club may still be prepared to listen to offers with just 18 months left on his deal.
Chelsea are also prepared to cash in on Broja, who has made 13 league appearances this season. West Ham, Fulham and Wolves are interested in signing the striker with his club willing to sanction his sale should they receive a bid in the region of £35m.
Chalobah meanwhile has not played at all this season due to injury with West Ham also linked with his services.
Speaking ahead of Chelsea’s Premier League clash with Liverpool on Wednesday, Pochettino explained there is ‘no news’ regarding any moves away from Stamford Bridge for the trio.
‘At the moment, no news,’ Pochettino said.
‘At the moment all is quiet and calm and relaxed. I was talking with the players, not only them but the whole squad, in meetings today and of course at the moment we are all relaxed about the whole situation of the squad.’
Last week, Pochettino compared Broja’s situation to that of Harry Kane during his emergence at Tottenham a decade ago when Pochettino was in charge in north London.
The Chelsea boss explained his hopes that the Albania international could cope with the mounting speculation over his future and reiterated on Tuesday a move is not currently on the cards.
‘I think I was talking last week about that. Look, there is speculation always,’ he said.
‘Speculation and we need to live with that. There is nothing to communicate and it is quiet. Everything is so quiet and relaxed here.’
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