Chelsea FPL team guide 2026/27

The pre-agreed move for Kazakhstan forward Dastan Satpaev from Kairat Almaty completed on his 18th birthday, 12 August, for a reported £3.3m. The deal had been agreed as far back as February 2025 and could not be registered until he came of age.

FPL: No immediate FPL relevance — he is a squad-filling teenager widely expected to go out on loan rather than feature for Alonso this season.

Chelsea confirmed the signing of 28-year-old Spanish left-back Pep Chavarria from Rayo Vallecano on a contract to 2031, for a reported £16.3m (€19m plus £2m add-ons). He replaces Marc Cucurella, who joined Real Madrid in June, and trained with the group at Cobham on arrival.

FPL: A specialist senior left-back arrives to compete directly with Jorrel Hato, whose grip on the left-back slot is now genuinely contested. Hato may shift to left centre-back if Alonso uses a back three.

Chelsea have told Manchester City and any other suitor they must lodge a £120m net bid by 5pm UK on Friday 14 August. If no acceptable offer arrives, Chelsea say Fernandez will not leave this window. City have made contact but are reported unwilling to meet the asking price.

FPL: Enzo's future should be settled by Friday and the club's stated position is that he stays; he is back in training and available for the Fulham opener. Treat him as a Chelsea asset unless a bid lands.

Alonso rotated his whole starting XI from the previous tour match, naming a second-string side: Sharman-Lowe (Slonina at half-time), Tosin, Anselmino, Gittens, Essugo, Nicoll-Jazuli, Quenda, Estevao, N.Jackson and Delap. Delap scored twice from the spot and Mudryk came on as an 87th-minute substitute, crossing for the late own goal that rescued the draw. Palmer, Caicedo, Enzo, Joao Pedro, Colwill, Hato, Neto and Sanchez did not feature.

FPL: Read this as squad rotation at the end of a two-week tour, not a pecking-order statement — treat the absences of the senior group as rest, not demotion. Delap's two penalties came with no established senior taker on the pitch, so it is not evidence against Palmer on spot-kicks. One friendly remains (Real Sociedad, Stamford Bridge, 15 Aug) before Fulham away on Monday 24 Aug.

Aaron Anselmino pulled up with an apparent hamstring problem on 29 minutes and was replaced by 16-year-old Reggie Watson, leaving the pitch in tears after Alonso insisted he come off. Mamadou Sarr was named in the starting XI but withdrew after picking up a knock in the warm-up, replaced by academy centre-back Olutayo Subuloye. No club timeline has been published for either.

FPL: Both are deep-squad defenders with negligible FPL relevance, so no direct points impact. The relevance is indirect: Chelsea have now lost three centre-backs from the group in 24 hours (Chalobah sold, two injured), and Sarr's planned loan exit is on hold pending scans.

Chelsea officially confirmed on 9 August that Chalobah completed a permanent transfer to Cesc Fabregas' Como, ending nearly two decades at the club. Reported at roughly €30m fixed plus €6m in add-ons and a sell-on clause, with the defender signing a five-year contract.

FPL: Chalobah is off the FPL radar entirely — remove him from any squad plans. It thins Chelsea's centre-back rotation behind Colwill and Lacroix, though no clear single beneficiary has been named yet.

Mykhailo Mudryk was cleared to return after the FA and WADA resolved his appeal and his four-year meldonium suspension was lifted early. He joins the squad in Hong Kong this week ahead of the Juventus friendly on 5 August. Alonso said 'we are happy, especially for him' but confirmed Mudryk will not be rushed back, having not played since November 2024.

FPL: A surprise re-entry to the player pool after 20 months out, but Alonso has explicitly ruled out rushing him, so he is not a GW1 asset. Park him on a watchlist for a cheap differential if minutes materialise later in the autumn.