LFC Live - Levi Colwill sends goodbye message after Chelsea player exit confirmed

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Jonathan Burnett

Wed 27 August 2025 9:41, UK

Carney Chukwuemeka has finally completed a permanent departure from Chelsea as Enzo Maresca also prepares for life without Levi Colwill.

Chelsea‘s increasingly bloated squad has been cut down to size over the course of the summer transfer window, with over £250million earned in transfer fees and no less than 13 fringe players shipped out.

A further five first-team players have been sent out on loan including Mamadou Sarr, Kendry Paez and Mike Penders all to Strasbourg, but several other players also face uncertain futures at Stamford Bridge.

Raheem Sterling, Ben Chilwell and Axel Disasi make up the group of players stripped of squad numbers and placed in the ‘bomb squad’, but Disasi’s future could be subject to change after Colwill’s ACL injury.

Enzo Maresca’s squad has undergone significant changes this summer (Credit: Imago)

Colwill‘s potential season-ending injury not only does huge damage to his chances of making England‘s World Cup squad, but also re-opens Chelsea’s need for a left-sided centre-back amid their squad cull.

Chukwuemeka is the latest player to become part of that culling in West London, after the 21-year-old completed a permanent move to Borussia Dortmund after last season’s loan spell with the German side.

Chelsea have sent both Chukwuemeka and Aaron Anselmino to the Westfalenstadion with a loan deal for the latter, and Chukwuemeka posted on Instagram on Tuesday to say his goodbyes to the Blues.