Chelsea have been tipped to keep hold of defender Kurt Zouma this summer after the French centre-back spent last season on loan at Everton. Instead, the 24-year-old could bolster the first team squad to help combat the club's transfer ban.
Chelsea will not be able to register new players until the summer of 2020 after FIFA slapped them with a transfer ban after alleged breaches of regulations on signing international minors.
With an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) submitted but not likely to be successful given Barcelona and Atletico Madrid's failure to get similar bans overturned in the past, it means Chelsea will have to rely on players they have already have to get by.