Overview
- New head coach Liam Rosenior, appointed last week, said he will meet Raheem Sterling and Axel Disasi in the coming days before making a decision on their status.
- Sterling and Disasi have been training away from the first-team group since the summer after moves failed and both remain on the transfer list.
- Chelsea have already filled their six permitted international loan slots, blocking overseas loans for the duo unless a slot is freed, with domestic loans still possible.
- Sterling, 31, is reported to be on a base salary exceeding £300,000 per week and has not played for Chelsea since May 2024 after a loan spell at Arsenal last season.
- Disasi, 27, joined for about £38.5m, spent part of last season on loan at Aston Villa and has featured for the under-21s, with Napoli monitoring Sterling and Roma and Lyon exploring Disasi.