Who's On Chelsea's Retained And Released List For 2015

Retained and Released by Chelsea 2015

Chelsea have submitted their retained and released list to the Premier League, which is required to be submitted by all clubs no later than the 3rd Saturday in May.

We have known for a while that Didier Drogba will be leaving the club and has been announced as the only player that will leave the club on a free transfer.

Of course we fully expect other transfers to go through in due course (such as Gael Kakuta’s reported move to Europa League winners Sevilla) however any transfer for a player on the retained list will require both clubs to come to a fee agreement before a move can go ahead.

Player Status

The 'retained and released' list is broken into three categories which are pretty straightforward and detailed below.

Contract Players: Players that are contracted to the club beyond this summer on professional terms

Scholars: Aged between 16 - 19 but hasn’t signed a Professional football contract yet. They are on what is known as a scholarship (or apprentices). The Premier League is responsible for ensuring these players all receive a formal education programme in addition to their full-time footballing education.

Free transfers: Players’ whose contract has expired and they haven’t agreed an extension with the club

Agreed Transfers

While the full list of retained players includes those that are contracted to the club, there are some transfers that have already been agreed and will 'officially' be completed on 30th June.

Agreed Loans Out

• Stipe Perica remains at Udinese until 30 June 2016 - Christian Atsu will go on loan to Bournemouth until 30 June 2016

Agreed Transfers In

• Nathan for £3,960,000 from Atletico Paranaense will sign on 1st July 2015

The Full Chelsea Retained and Released List

So here it is, the full retained and released list in all it's glory. No huge surprises this year but it's always interesting to look at who's on the books.

The list below was provided to the Premier League by 28th May and naturally a player’s status may have changed since then.

Contract Players Abraham, Tammy Aina, Temitayo Olufisayo Ake, Nathan Benjamin Ali, Mukhtar Abdullahi Angban, Bekanty Victorien Azpilicueta, Tanco Cesar Baker, Lewis Renard Bamford, Patrick James Beeney, Mitchell Ryan Blackman, Jamal Clint-Ross Boga, Jeremie Borges da Silva, Willian Brown, Isaiah Jay Cahill, Gary James Cech, Petr Chalobah, Nathaniel Nyakie Christensen, Andreas Bodtker Christie-Davies, Isaac David Clarke-Salter, Jake-Liam Colkett, Charlie Collins, Bradley Ray Conroy, Dion John Courtois, Thibaut Cuadrado Bello, Juan Guillermo Cuevas Jara, Cristian Alejandro Da Silva Costa, Diego Dabo, Sheik Mohamed Fankaty Davey, Alex James Davila, Plascencia Ulises Alejandro Delac, Matej Dos Santos Emboaba, Oscar Fabregas Soler, Francesc Feruz, Islam Hazard, Eden Houghton, Jordan Ivanovic, Branislav Kakuta, Gael Kalas, Tomas Kane, Todd Arthur Lucien Kasmirski, Filipe Luis Kiwomya, Andrew Alexander Loftus Cheek, Ruben Marin, Marko Matic, Nemanja McEachran, Joshua Mark Mikel, John Obi Mitchell, Reece Steven Moses, Victor Musonda, Charles Musonda, Tika Kafusha Oliveira Dos Santos, Wallace Omeruo, Kenneth Palmer, Kasey Remel Pasalic, Mario Perica, Stipe Piazon, Lucas Domingues Remy, Loic Rodriguez, Gonzalez Jhoao Leandro Salah, Mohamed Sammut, Ruben Santos Do Nascimento, Ramires Scott, Kyle Solanke-Mitchell, Dominic Ayodele Suljic, Ali Swift, John David Terry, John George Traore, Bertrand Twasam, Christian Atsu Van Ginkel, Wulfert Cornelius Vidal, Oriol Romeu Wright, Kevin Zouma, Kurt Happy

Scholars Adamczyk, Hubert Bolkiah, Faiq Jefri Dasilva, Jay Rhys Muheim, Miro Max Maria Tomori, Fikayo Wakefield, Charlie Mark

Free transfers Drogba, Didier