Projected Chelsea Squad for 26/27 as of June 18

With the season over and a disappointing mid-table finish on the mind, many fans are already looking to a better future. This projected Chelsea squad for the 2026/27 term will look at who has been moved on, who might be coming in, and what impact the lack of European football could have on the size of the squad.

Read More: Projected Chelsea Squad for 2026/27 as of May 26

Current Projected Chelsea Squad for 2026/27

Goalkeepers

There hasn’t been much movement in this area of the field. Mike Penders is returning from his loan at Strasbourg and has gone to the World Cup with Belgium. This should push down the third choice options for last season as Teddy Sharman-Lower and Gaga Slonina should struggle to even make the bench given the current depth.

Read More: Chelsea Make Official Olise Contract Announcement

As of now, the two of Rob Sanchez and Filip Jorgensen aren’t credibly linked with moves away so they will be joining Penders on this version of the squad.

Goalkeepers: Rob Sanchez, Mike Penders, Filip Jorgensen

Defenders

Since our last update Marc Cucurella has officially departed for Real Madrid. This has sparked some minor rumours from Spain that Alvaro Carreras will move the other way. Carreras was a favourite of Xabi Alonso during his time in charge and could follow him to London. We will tentatively be adding him to the projected Chelsea squad.

Read More: Chelsea Players Who Can Improve the Most Under Xabi Alonso

Of the players who featured across the back line towards the tail end of the campaign there aren’t many links to moves away so a number of them are currently expected to stay.

Despite not playing, last credible reports indicated that Tosin Adarabioyo could be kept because the team values his leadership so he may remain in the squad even if he doesn’t play much.

Defenders: Jorrel Hato, Alvaro Carreras, Levi Colwill, Trevoh Chalobah, Wes Fofana, Malo Gusto, Josh Acheampong, Reece James, Tosin Adarabioyo, Valentin Barco (started out as a left-back)

Midfielders

The core of last season’s pivots in Moises Caicedo, Romeo Lavia, and Andrey Santos are expected to stay with nothing linking them with a move away. With a Here We Go already done it is also expected that Valentin Barco will be added, he can play a number of positions, including a pivot in midfield or as a wing-back.

Read More: Every Chelsea Player Going to The 2026 World Cup

Question marks still remain over Enzo Fernandez with Madrid’s interest heating up in recent days, there is every chance the Argentine has played his last match for the club.

Midfielders: Moises Caicedo, Andrey Santos, Romeo Lavia, Valentin Barco, Reece James (emergency option)

Attackers

A pretty loaded spot for the team with a number of options and big decisions to make over who stays and who goes. Nicolas Jackson is returning from loan at Bayern Munich while Geovany Quenda and Emmanuel Emegha are coming in on pre-agreements.

Read More: Every French Player to Play for Chelsea In the Premier League Era

With Alejandro Garnacho, Cole Palmer, Pedro Neto, Joao Pedro, and others competing for minutes with the likes of Estevao, Jamie Gittens, and the aforementioned incomings there will either be a lot of outgoing loans or chaos for a small number of positions.

It looks likely that second-choice striker Liam Delap will go to Everton on loan which opens the door for Jackson to stay.

Attackers: Nicolas Jackson, Joao Pedro, Emmanuel Emegha, Goevany Quenda, Pedro Neto, Alejandro Garnacho, Cole Palmer, Estevao, Jamie Gittens

Projected Chelsea Squad as of June 18

1. Rob Sanchez
2. Mike Penders
3. Filip Jorgensen
4. Jorrel Hat0
5. Alvaro Carreras
6. Levi Colwill
7. Trevoh Chalobah
8. Wes Fofana
9. Malo Gusto
10. Josh Acheampong
11. Reece James
12. Tosin Adarabioyo
13. Moises Caicedo
14. Romeo Lavia
15. Andrey Santos
16. Valentin Barco
17. Nicolas Jackson
18. Joao Pedro
19. Emmanuel Emegha
20. Geovany Quena
21. Pedro Neto
22. Alejandro Garnacho
23. Cole Palmer
24. Estevao
25. Jamie Gittens

25 just happens to be the maximum squad size allowed by the Premier League so, could this be what the Blues look like come the end of the window?

Featured Image Credit

IMAGO / NurPhoto