Raheem Sterling and Axel Disasi have been named in Chelsea’s Premier League squad despite being part of Enzo Maresca’s ‘bomb-squad’.

On Friday, all 20 clubs had to submit their final 25-man Premier League squads for the 2025/26 season.

Once again, it’s been a great summer of change at Stamford Bridge, with 10 players signed for over £284million and 21 departing either permanently or on loan.

Many assumed Chelsea’s squad would look similar to their Champions League one, with the new signings in and exiled players left out.

But that is not the case, with the Blues only naming 19 players in their official squad and it notably included Sterling, Disasi and David Datro Fofana who have all been banished from the first-team and forbidden from using their facilities.

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