There was a point reasonably early on in the 2024-2025 Premier League season when some believed that Chelsea would be the only real challengers to Liverpool’s dominance in the title race. That gives you some sense of how well the Blues did at times in the campaign, even if things proved to be ultimately disappointing in all but the Europa Conference League. During the summer, Enzo Maresca was brought in as the manager in order to replace the departing Mauricio Pochettino. Maresca had won the Championship at a canter with Leicester City, so was felt to be the right man to take Chelsea forward in the top-flight.
The Stamford Bridge club made it to the fourth round of the FA Cup, having enjoyed a 5-0 win over Morecambe in the third round. An away game against Brighton & Hove Albion proved to be too much for the Blues, however. It was a similar story in the League Cup, where a 5-0 win over Barrow in the third round was followed up by a 2-0 loss to eventual winners Newcastle United in the fourth round. A reasonably strong finish the season in the Premier League, including a 1-0 win over Nottingham Forest on the final day, allowed Chelsea to finish fourth. Meanwhile, in the UEFA Conference League, the Blues beat Real Betis 4-1 in the final.
The club’s success in the Champions League in the 2020-2021 season meant that the Blues qualified for the Club World Cup, which was played in the summer. Chelsea made it to the final where they faced favourites PSG, defeating the French side 3-0 to lift their second Club World Cup title.
Transfers In
Chelsea’s decision to consistently buy new players irrespective of whether or not they actually needed them showed no sign of abating in the summer of 2024. In fact, it also continued into the winter transfer window too, although the club was uncharacteristically quiet during that period. Here is a look at the players that Chelsea brought into Stamford Bridge in the summer of 2024 as well as the winter period. Alongside the player, we will also look to offer information on where they were signed from and how much was paid for them, if that information is available:
| Player | Signed From | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Omari Kellyman | Aston Villa | £19 million |
| Tosin Adarabioyo | Fulham | Free Transfer |
| Marc Guiu | Barcelona | £5 million |
| Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall | Leicester City | £30 million |
| Renato Veiga | Basel | £11.8 million |
| Caleb Wiley | Atlanta United | £8.5 million |
| Filip Jörgensen | Villarreal | £20.7 million |
| Aarón Anselmino | Boca Juniors | £15.6 million |
| Pedro Neto | Wolverhampton Wanderers | £51.3 million |
| João Félix | Atlético Madrid | £44.5 million |
| Mathis Amougou | Saint-Étienne | £12.5 million |
Chelsea also signed Jadon Sancho on loan from Manchester United, taking him for the entire season.
Transfers Out
As the Chelsea hierarchy looks to put together a team that it believes can compete for major honours, some players departed for pastures knew. Here is a look at the ones that left Stamford Bridge on a permanent basis in either the summer or the winter transfer window. Once again, we will offer information about the club that they joined as well as their approximate transfer fee:
| Player | Sold To | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Jamie Cumming | Oxford United | Undisclosed |
| Ian Maatsen | Aston Villa | £37.5 million |
| Hakim Ziyech | Galatasaray | £2.5 million |
| Omari Hutchinson | Ipswich Town | £20 million |
| Lewis Hall | Newcastle United | £28 million |
| Thiago Silva | Fluminese | Free Transfer |
| Malang Sarr | Lens | Free Transfer |
| Diego Moreira | Strasbourg | £1.7 million |
| Conor Gallagher | Atlético Madrid | £36 million |
| Tino Anjorin | Empoli | Undisclosed |
| Romelu Lukaku | Napoli | £25.2 million |
| Ângelo Gabriel | Al Nassr | £19.4 million |
| Cesare Casadei | Torino | £12.5 million |
Alongside those sales, Chelsea also moved on 15 Academy players, with Michael Golding heading to Leicester City for £5 million and Mason Burstow heading to Hull City for £2 million, with the rest being either free transfers or else receiving an undisclosed fee. There were also 30 players sent out on loans to different clubs.
2024-2025 Chelsea Squad
Given the number of incomings and outgoings, it will likely come as no surprise to learn that Chelsea’s squad had some alterations to it when compared to the year before. Here is the squad, based on players who made at least one appearance for the Blues:
| Player | Number | Country | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Sánchez | 1 | Spain | Goalkeeper |
| Marc Cucurella | 3 | Spain | Left-Back |
| Tosin Adarabioyo | 4 | England | Centre-Back |
| Benoît Badiashile | 5 | France | Centre-Back |
| Levi Colwill | 6 | England | Centre-Back |
| Pedro Neto | 7 | Portugal | Winger |
| Enzo Fernández | 8 | Argentina | Midfielder |
| Cole Palmer | 10 | England | Forward |
| Noni Madueke | 11 | England | Winger |
| Filip Jörgensen | 12 | Denmark | Goalkeeper |
| Marcus Bettinelli | 13 | England | Goalkeeper |
| Nicolas Jackson | 15 | Senegal | Forward |
| Christopher Nkunku | 18 | France | Forward |
| Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall | 22 | England | Midfielder |
| Trevoh Chalobah | 23 | England | Centre-Back |
| Reece James | 24 | England | Right-Back |
| Moisés Caicedo | 25 | Ecuador | Midfielder |
| Malo Gusto | 27 | France | Right-Back |
| Wesley Fofana | 29 | France | Centre-Back |
| Tyrique George | 32 | England | Winger |
| Josh Acheampong | 34 | England | Defender |
| Marc Guiu | 38 | Spain | Striker |
| Roméo Lavia | 45 | Belgium | Midfielder |
Kit & Sponsor
The fact that the club is known as ‘the Blues’ is a solid indication of the fact that the club plays in blue shorts and a blue shirt, as well as white socks with a blue trim. The away kit was pink with a blue and orange trim, whilst the socks were blue. The third kit was black with a red trim.
There were three goalkeeper kits that were used at various times in the season, which included an orange top, orange shorts and orange socks on one kit, a black top, black shirt and black sock on the second and an aqua green coloured top, shorts and socks.
For most of the 2024-2025 season, Chelsea played without a sponsor on the front of their shirt. It took until the end of April before a sponsor was agreed, which ended up being with DAMAC Properties, a Dubai-headquartered property development group.