Chelsea are open to the fact that they need to sell a host of players, especially those that spent last season on loan.
The club's policy is not to carry a large group of loanees that are not expected or likely to make it into the first team.
In their 28-man Club World Cup selection, only one loanee progressed into Enzo Maresca squad from last season, midfielder Andrey Santos.
The rest, Raheem Sterling, Axel Disasi, Kepa Arrizabalaga, Djordje Petrovic, Armando Broja, Joao Felix, Renato Veiga, Ben Chilwell, Carney Chukwuemeka, Lesley Ugochukwu and more - are mostly available for sale.