Chelsea transfer news today: Done deals, live updates and rumours - August 2

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Stay up to day with each of the latest developments surrounding the incomings and outgoings astatine Stamford Bridge, arsenic caller manager Xabi Alonso shapes his squad for his maiden Premier League play astatine the helm.

Today's Chelsea transportation headlines

Chelsea corroborate Danny Welbeck signing

Chelsea to reward Joao Pedro with caller contract?

Chelsea transportation quality today: What's happening connected August 2?

From Manchester United to Arsenal to Chelsea, the Blues announced the accomplishment of evergreen striker Danny Welbeck connected Saturday, arsenic the England planetary penned a two-year woody until 2028.

With Welbeck connected the books, Nicolas Jackson's aboriginal astatine Stamford Bridge became little definite connected August 1 aft Xabi Alonso dropped a nationalist hint astir the Senegal international's lasting astatine the nine pursuing caller pre-season developments.

Jackson faces importantly accrued contention for a starting presumption pursuing the accomplishment of Welbeck, and a merchantability is thought to marque some fiscal and squad consciousness fixed Chelsea's request to make income aft a week successful which the nine were reportedly deed with different important good pursuing a adjacent points-deduction related to transportation marketplace conduct.

Furthermore, Chelsea are seemingly prepared to connection captious attacker Joao Pedro a caller lucrative contract, plunging Jackson's aboriginal into further doubt.

Lewis Hall's imaginable instrumentality to Stamford Bridge continued to develop, with Chelsea inactive said to judge Alonso's engagement could beryllium the decisive origin successful convincing the 22-year-old Newcastle United defender to determination contempt an anticipated interest of astir £60m and the defender's ain evident contentment connected Tyneside.

A erstwhile Chelsea fig publically suggested a swap woody involving Enzo Fernandez and Real Madrid's Aurelien Tchouameni deserves superior consideration, an thought improbable to stitchery traction astatine this signifier of the model but indicative of the broader speech astir Fernandez's semipermanent relation successful Alonso's system.

The Trevoh Chalobah exit to Como remained successful discussion, with the 2 clubs' valuations inactive not aligned but the Italian broadside understood to beryllium continuing to propulsion for a resolution.